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This is A Madman's Diary, and Other Stories by Lu Xun, a renowned writer of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun was a novelist, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, and poet who wrote both in Vernacular Chinese and Classical Chinese. He became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai in the 1930s.

Lu Xun (1881-1936) was born in Shaoxing, in the province of Zhejiang, China. He came from a scholar-official family and by the age of six had begun studying the ancient classics. Regarded as the founder of contemporary Chinese literature, Lu Xun used the pen as a weapon to wage an heroic struggle against imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism. The rich heritage he has left behind is a treasure in the literature of the Chinese people.

故事改编自鲁迅同名小说《阿Q正传》，是这本小说的口语版。……故事改編自魯迅同名小說《阿Q正傳》，是這本小說的口語版。

Ah Q is an indolent and spiteful man from the rural peasant class. He has scant education, no clear job, and a ludicrously high opinion of himself. This unique combination of traits makes him a perpetual target of derision and abuse, yet Ah Q is nonetheless convinced that the indignities leveled against him amount to something of a “spiritual victory” - even as he finds himself succumbing to the tyranny of his oppressors.

As a middle-aged man, the protagonist revisits his old home which he had left more than 20 years ago. He meets up with family members, and Runtu, a childhood friend, as well as someone he does not even remember - Mrs Yang, who exclaims "Don't you know me? And I have held you in my arms!" In this story, the listener is given an intriguing insight into people’s lives in China during the 1920s. My Old Home is also available in the collection entitled Chinese Classic Stories, read by Martin Jarvis.

En 1918 en la revista estudiantil Hsin Chingnien (Nueva Corriente) Lu Xun publicó Diario de un loco, que deliberadamente tomó su título de la obra del ruso Nikolás Gogol. Este relato narra en primera persona las impresiones de un hombre que cree estar prisionero de unos caníbales. En los caníbales está la naturaleza opresiva de la tradición. Fue la primera narración de estilo occidental en China, escrita en un estilo claro y sencillo.

Lu Xun’s evocative tale is reflected in the memory of the protagonist who, as a young Chinese boy, avidly wanted to fulfil his dream of watching an opera in a rural environment. The listener is given an intriguing insight into people’s lives in China during the late 1920s. This story, amongst others, is also available in the collection entitled Chinese Classic Stories read by Martin Jarvis.

Lu Xun (1881-1936) nos ofrece una irónica narración de la historia china de comienzos del Siglo XX, entre la tradición y el colonialismo occidental. Cuenta la vida de AQ un campesino inculto, desarrapado, humillado y golpeado continuamente por sus semejantes mientras se siente un “triunfador espiritual”. Vive en acogida en el Templo de los Dioses Tutelares de Weichuang, su pueblo.

Relato corto considerado como el origen de la literatura contemporánea en el país asiático del escritor chino Lu Xun (1881-1936) y al autor como el padre de la literatura moderna en China. Abogó por la reforma lingüística, siendo uno de los primeros escritores que utilizó el chino vernáculo en lugar del chino clásico como medio de expresión literaria. Narra la historia en primera persona de un hombre, de un “loco” o mejor dicho de alguien a quien se tacha de “loco” dominado por la paranoia de su entorno, familia, amigos y vecinos.