Lu Xun was the pen name he used when he published "Diary of a Madman", and it was also his most widely influential pen name.
Lu Xun had more than 170 pen names alone. Lu Xun's first pen name was "Jia Jiansheng", which was used in "Jia Jiansheng's Miscellaneous Notes" written in 1898. Jia means to hit. "Jia Jiansheng" means a person who dances and fences with swords. During this period, most of Lu Xun's pen names contained the connotations of hope, self-motivation, striving and exploration. For example, "Gengchen", "Suozi", "Suoshi", "Xunxing", "Lingfei", etc.
When Lu Xun wrote "The True Story of Ah Q", he signed his name "Ba Ren", which is taken from "Lower Ba Ren", which does not mean elegantly. In addition, there are "Tang Qi", "Qi Tang", "Runiu" and so on. Lu Xun often used pseudonyms when choosing pen names, such as "A certain living person" and "Joseph Hua".
The achievements of Lu Xun’s novels
Lu Xun’s novels mark the birth of modern Chinese novels and the maturity of modern Chinese novels. Lu Xun's novels are not only the beginning of modern novels, but also a symbol of the maturity of modern novels.
Not only does it embody the requirements of the times of the "May Fourth" Enlightenment Movement and ideological revolution, but it also perfectly combines the techniques of Western novels with the artistic spirit of traditional Chinese novels. , conception, psychological description, as well as the style and language of the novel have made revolutionary breakthroughs in traditional novels, realizing the transformation of Chinese novels from tradition to modernity.