Mr. Lu Xun is a leading figure in modern Chinese literature. Anyone who reads his articles carefully will be left with a lasting impression of his sharp writing style and profound thoughts.
Lu Xun's original name was "Zhou Shuren", because most of his works published during the Kuomintang rule were signed "Lu Xun", so later generations called him this.
The pen name "Lu Xun" has always had two explanations: one is that the word "Lu" is Mr. Lu Xun's mother's surname, and the "Lu Town" often mentioned in his novels is his mother's surname. Hometown; "Xun" is his nickname, so the term "Brother Xun" also appears in his novels. Another explanation is that Mr. Xu Shoushang, a close friend of Mr. Lu Xun, said that he personally asked Mr. Lu Xun, and he said with a smile: "It means being foolish and quick. "This is a self-effacing statement by the gentleman. Both of these statements are interpreted literally and are consistent with Lu Xun's life. The third explanation is that the ancient meaning of the word "Xun" is wolf. The source can be found in " "Erya Shi Beast": "The most powerful wolf is called Xun. "According to this annotation, "Lu Xun" refers to a brave and powerful son of the wolf. The historian Hou Wailu holds this view. He said that Lu Xun was a rebel in feudal society. His representative novel "Diary of a Madman" He criticized the "cannibalism" system of feudal society. He chose these two words as his name, which clearly expressed his willingness to call himself a "wolf son" and completely break with the feudal social system.
Lu Xun's first vernacular novel "A Madman's Diary" in the history of modern Chinese literature used the pen name "Lu Xun" for the first time. Before "Lu Xun", he had also used the pen name "Xun Xing" because of a rule in "New Youth" magazine. It is allowed to use nicknames and other names, which means that the signature must be like a real name, so "Lu" was used as the surname and the pen name was "Lu Xun". The reason may also be that the mother's surname is Lu, and Zhou Lu is from a country with the same surname. It means foolish and quick."
In fact, in addition to this meaning, the pen name "Lu Xun" also has another "deep meaning". "Lu", Lu is indeed his mother's surname. Lu Xun lost his father when he was 16 years old, and he and his mother depended on each other for life. Mother and son had a deep relationship. Taking Lu as the surname expresses his love for his kind and kind mother Lu Rui; in addition, there may be "Lu Xun" "Taking mother as a surname and an animal as a name is a denial of him on the basis of acknowledging the natural proposition of the old era. Since a person without a father and a king is a beast, then I am a beast, and I have no father and no king. Without Gang Changmingjiao, I would be "beyond the Three Realms and not in the Five Elements". I would not be bound by the old era. I would be able to rise up quickly and tenaciously make a resolute attack on the old forces, old ideas, and old culture.
It can be seen from this that the pseudonym "Lu Xun" reflects Lu Xun's anti-feudal thoughts and his determination to break with the old era and fight resolutely against it, and expresses the great ambition of a revolutionary.