“A cold brow looks at a thousand people, but I bow my head and am willing to be a bully” is a famous line in Lu Xun’s poem “Self-mockery”, and it is also a portrayal of Lu Xun’s personality and spirit throughout his life.
1. Lu Xun (September 25, 1881 - October 19, 1936) was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. A great modern Chinese writer, thinker and revolutionist. Lu Xun's original name was Zhou Shuren and his courtesy name was Hencai; "Lu Xun" was a pen name he used after joining the May 4th Movement. Because of his growing influence, people used to call him Lu Xun.
2. Lu Xun studied in Japan in his early years. During the May Fourth Movement, he advocated new ideas, new culture, and new morals, and published the first vernacular novel "Diary of a Madman" in the history of modern Chinese literature, becoming the main force of the New Culture Movement. After 1927, he settled in Shanghai and led the Chinese Left-wing Writers Alliance to smash the Kuomintang's cultural "encirclement and suppression" campaign.
3. Lu Xun used his pen instead of his sword, wrote hard and wrote hard, and fought all his life. He was known as the "soul of the nation." "With cold brows and cold eyes, he bows his head and is content to be a bully" is a true portrayal of Lu Xun's life. Mr. Lu Xun's works, translations, letters, etc. are precious literary heritage and spiritual wealth left to future generations.