Lu Xun’s famous quote about cannibalism in the Diary of a Madman:

When I think about it, I feel cold from the top of my head to my heels.

If they can eat people, they may not eat me.

Look at the woman’s words of “bite you a few times”, the smiles of a group of green-faced and fanged men, and the words of the tenants the day before yesterday, they are obviously secret codes.

I saw that his words were full of poison and his smile was full of knives.

Their teeth are all white and sharp, they are cannibals.

The theme of "Diary of a Madman", according to Lu Xun, is "intended to expose the evils of the family system and ethics." Lu Xun used his long-term profound observation of the semi-feudal and semi-colonial old China to issue a deafening cry: Feudalism cannibalizes people.

Extended information:

"Diary of a Madman" is the first short vernacular diary novel written by Lu Xun, and also the first modern vernacular novel in China. It was written in April 1918. This article first appeared in the monthly magazine New Youth, Volume 4, Issue 5, May 15, 1918. It was later included in the collection "Scream" and compiled into the first volume of "The Complete Works of Lu Xun".

The novel reveals the "cannibalistic" nature of feudal ethics through the image of the persecuted "madman" and the self-narrative description of the "madman", and expresses the author's understanding of China with feudal ethics as the main connotation. The resistance of feudal culture;

It also shows the author's profound sense of repentance. The author conducted a profound reflection on Chinese culture from a thorough "revolutionary democratic" standpoint, and at the same time expressed deep concern and indignation about the future of China and even mankind.