Quotes by Lu Xun

About Lu Xun:

Lu Xun was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese as well as Classical Chinese, Lu Xun was a novelist, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.
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Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.

Lu Xun

I thought: hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist. It is just like roads across the earth. For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made.

Lu Xun

Hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist. It is just like roads across the earth. For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made.

Lu Xun

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

Lu Xun

Author Bio

  • NameLu Xun
  • DescriptionChinese writer
  • AliasesLu Hsün; Zhou Shuren
  • BornSeptember 25, 1881
  • DiedOctober 19, 1936
  • CountryRepublic Of China; Qing Dynasty
  • ProfessionWriter; Essayist