As a young man, Lu Xun read Chinese and Western novels, classics and philosophy. Through these writings, he came to believe that literature could change society more than politics. Hoping to inspire writers to work toward social change, Lu Xun returned to China in 1909. There he became active in the Chinese literature movement.
The impact of his words
In 1918, Lu Xun published “Diary of a Madman.” But instead of using the formal, literary style of Confucius he wrote the way people spoke. His story was a huge success and became known as China’s first Western-style short story. From 1918 to 1926, Lu Xun published 25 influential stories. These stories described the hard life of villagers, students, workers and women. During his last 18 years, he purposely used his words to attack the failings of society. In 1936, Lu Xun died at the age of 55. But he left behind a large quantity of work totaling nearly 10 million words. These famous words are preserved in “The Complete Works of Lu Xun.”
madman àcrazy person that a lot of crazy thing
literary
Confucius孔子
purposelyàon purpose
【Grammar on the go】
Hoping to inspire writers to work toward social change, Lu Xun returned to China in 1909.
Hoping to
Hoping to impress his date, Dennis wore his best suit to the restaurant.
Hoping to get the best tickets for the concert, Ellen camped out all night in front of the ticket office.
【Chat room】
colloquial 口語的、白話的
colloquialism
colloquial words and phrases
slang俚語 (比colloquial更口語、非正式，大多是年輕人使用)
【Key word】
literary 文學的、文藝的
Most literary critics praise the original style of this new novelist.
大多數的文學評論家都讚美這位新銳小說家清新的風格
The poet won several literary prizes last year.
這位詩人去年贏得了許多文學的獎項
purposely 故意地、蓄意地
Mom purposely left the door open so she could hear what we were talking about.
媽媽故意把門打開這樣就可以聽到我們在說些什麼
The girl purposely came to the party late so everyone would notice her.
這個女孩故意晚到派對，這樣每個人都會注意到她
preserve 保護、保存
The governor promised to do his best to preserve the state’s natural resources.
州長承諾要盡全力保護該州的天然資源
Private collectors preserve the artist’s works.
這位藝術家的作品被私人收藏家所收藏。
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