“Kong Yiji” and Ah-Q- The Real Story: A Study in Comparison

Zhou Shuren known as Lu Xun is generally regarded as the father of contemporary Chinese literature and is thought by many people that it is related to the pulsation of the conscience of the people. His early bad reviews were the result of the creation of his short story, which was usually ironic, sometimes humorous, and sometimes even very dark ("Lu Xun"). Lu Xun worked hard for his story to pay attention to his own arts and remove unnecessary detail, but they are rich characters, interesting plot lines, vivid images and strong themes It is full.

"Stealing a book is not a thief," he appealed to a drunken, hungry scholar of Chinese writer Lu Xun's 1919 short story "Kong Yiji". This sad character fails the official national exam and there is no way to make a book. Life, so he brushes books and sells them to buy wine. Because his defense depends on the transformation between two different words, "stealing", promoted, and native language, this sentence is more eloquent as "stealing the bull is an elegant crime" It is translated. In this form, it was misunderstood by the West as wisdom of ancient Confucianism. The first joke is that the difference is completely semantic: if you use more beautiful words, the theft is no longer stolen. But is this a joke? After all, writing is to choose a word, not to choose another word. Select "Purloin", "burgle", "filch", "stealing". Domino collapses and affects each word below. Somewhere butterflies will make their feathers flap. The story has changed

Ah Q, a poor farmer in rural China, plays a special role. He is poor, has no family, can not read or write. The villagers laughed ah Q; they ran out of him, from the lack of roots of his family to the scars of his forehead. The confrontation with Ah Q usually causes his head to strike constantly. But in his numerous humiliation, Ah Q was convinced that these failures were actually successful even though they were their own complaints. In 1911, as a farmer's life in China, perseverance was born out of Ah Q. The facts of the incident are ambiguous as he has the ability to remove reality by making an apology. He believes this is a totally different victory than the actual event. For example, when beaten by the villagers, Ah Q insisted that they were loudly insects.