Lu Xun, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, was born in September 1881 and died in October 1936. He is a famous writer and thinker in my country, an important participant in the May 4th New Culture Movement, and the founder of modern Chinese literature. His original name was Zhou Shuren, and his courtesy name was Hencai. "Lu Xun" was the pen name he used when he published "A Madman's Diary" in 1918, and it was also his most widely influential pen name. Mao Zedong once commented on Lu Xun: "Lu Xun's direction is the direction of the new culture of the Chinese nation." Lu Xun had a significant impact on the ideological and cultural development of Chinese society after the May 4th Movement, and was known as "the largest contributor to the cultural map of East Asia in the twentieth century." Territorial Writer”. [Creative background] "Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk" contains 10 retrospective essays written by Lu Xun in 1926, also known as "Revisiting Old Things". Among them, "From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Bookstore" is about the study experience as a child, "Miscellaneous Notes" is about the study experience when he is older, and "Mr. Fujino" is about studying in Japan. "Fan Ainong" is about a classmate, and "A Chang and the Book of Mountains and Seas" is about a nanny. Those that satirize "gentlemen" include "Dogs, Cats and Mouse" and "Impermanence". It is "Twenty-Four Pictures of Filial Piety" that satirizes feudal filial piety. It is "Five Rampant Club" that satirizes the feudal patriarchal system. A satire on quackery is "Father's Disease". Among them, five essays were written in Beijing. From a historical background, it was the darkest period of Beiyang warlord rule since the Republic of China. After the "March 18th" massacre in 1926, Lu Xun wrote an article angrily denounced the shameless behavior of the reactionary government. He was persecuted by the reactionary government and had to live a homeless life. Although life was difficult, he still wrote a lot of prose poems and three essays "Twenty-Four Filial Piety Pictures", "Five Rampant Meetings" and "Impermanence" during this period. Later, he wrote "Dog·Cat·Rat" and "A Chang" at his residence in Beijing. and "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" two essays. The other five essays were written in Xiamen. In September 1926, Lu Xun accepted an appointment from Xiamen University and went south to teach. However, he only stayed at Xiamen University for more than four months because he found that the air in Xiamen University was as polluted as in Beijing. Lu Xun saw all the ugly faces of intellectuals here and criticized them mercilessly. Although Lu Xun did not like Xiamen University, he devoted all his efforts to the courses he taught, and his courses were very popular among students. In addition to busy teaching, Lu Xun wrote many works upstairs in the library of Xiamen University, including "From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Bookstore", "Father's Illness", "Miscellaneous Notes", "Mr. Fujino" and "Fan Ainong" Five essays. These five essays and the other five essays he wrote in Beijing constitute the entire "Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk". Excerpt It seemed that everyone was a little unhappy on this day, but I still respectfully escorted him to the sedan chair. When I came in, I saw my father's face was very strange, and he talked to everyone, to the effect that his illness was probably hopeless; because he had been undergoing treatment for two years, but it had no effect, and his face was too familiar, he felt a little embarrassed, so he waited until the critical moment. At that time, he recommended a novice to replace him, and he had nothing to do with him. But what's the alternative? Apart from him, there is really only one famous person in this city, Chen Lianhe. I’ll invite Chen Lianhe tomorrow. Chen Lianhe's consultation fee is also one yuan and four cents. But the face of the famous doctor in the previous episode was round and fat, but he has grown longer and fatter: this is quite different. Medication is also different. The famous doctor was able to do it alone before, but this time it was a bit difficult for him to do it alone, because one of his prescriptions always included a special pill and a strange medicine. He had never used reed roots or sugar cane that had been frosted for three years. The most common one is "A pair of crickets", with a small note on the side: "To be the original mate, that is, the one who is originally in the same nest." It seems that insects also want chastity, and if they marry again or remarry, they will lose their qualifications to make medicine. But this task is not difficult for me. When I walk into the Herb Garden, it is easy to get ten pairs. I can tie them with a string and throw them alive into the boiling soup. However, there are still "ten flat trees", but no one knows what they are. I asked pharmacies, country people, herbal medicine sellers, elderly people, scholars, and carpenters, and they all just shook their heads. Finally, he remembered his distant uncle, an old man who loved to plant some flowers and trees, and ran to ask. As expected, he knew that it was a small tree that grew under a tree in the mountains. It could bear red seeds like small coral beads. Known as "Old Ford University". "You can't find anything without wearing iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it." The medicine was found, but there was also a special kind of pill: Baigupi Pill. This "Bailgu Skin Pill" is made of broken old drum skins. When swelling occurs due to edema, the broken drum skins can naturally be used to overcome the swelling.

(Excerpt from "Father's Illness") Reading Insights By describing the prescriptions prescribed by "famous doctors", it vividly satirizes the incompetence of those "famous doctors" at that time. In order to defraud money, "famous doctors" use mysterious prescriptions to treat patients. They may seem like miracle cures, but in fact they have no effect on the disease. This reveals the essence of these "famous doctors" who are indiscriminate, make false claims, extort money, and take human life seriously. Source: Composition Weekly·High School Entrance Examination Edition