Lu Xun gave up medicine to pursue literature because of his experience in Japan. Back then, Lu Xun went to Tokyo, Japan to study. He was so bored when he saw the "Qing students" in Tokyo that they were confused and confused, so he went to another city. At first, because he was the first international student to arrive in that city, he received preferential treatment. Later, he was ridiculed during a semester exam. Next, he watched a film in a class. The content of the film was that during the Russo-Japanese War, a Chinese was working as a detective for the Russians. He was caught by the Japanese and wanted to be shot. A group of Chinese people were watching around him (it was at that time Russo-Japanese War). There was cheering in the classroom (the classmates around Lu Xun were Japanese). Lu Xun was greatly shocked. He believes that if China wants to be prosperous and strong, the Chinese people must wake up. It is useless to just save a few people. Therefore, he decided to abandon medicine and pursue literature.

When I was studying in Tokyo, Japan, I saw the numb Chinese compatriots and thought that studying medicine can only save the people’s bodies but not their spirits. I thought of Lu Xun’s strong patriotic spirit.