历史今天:1881年鲁迅出生(9.25)

【英文原文】

Lu Xun (simplified Chinese: 鲁迅; traditional Chinese: 魯迅; pinyin: Lǔ Xùn) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (simplified Chinese: 周树人; traditional Chinese: 周樹人; pinyin: Zhōu Shùrén; Wade-Giles: Chou Shu-jen) (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936) is one of the major Chinese writers of the 20th century. Considered by many to be the founder of Modern Chinese literature, he wrote in baihua (白話) (the vernacular) as well as classical Chinese. Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator, critic, essayist and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the Chinese League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.

Lu Xun's works exerted a very substantial influence after the May Fourth Movement to such a point that he was lionized by the Communist regime after 1949. Mao Zedong himself was a lifelong admirer of Lu Xun's works. Though sympathetic to the ideals of the Left, Lu Xun never actually joined the Chinese Communist Party. Lu Xun's works are known to English readers through numerous translations, especially Selected Stories of Lu Hsun translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang.

【中文译文】

鲁迅（简体中文：鲁迅，繁体中文：魯迅;拼音：Lǔ Xùn）或Lu Hsün（威妥玛拼音），是周树人笔名（简体中文：周树人，繁体中文：周樹人;拼音：Zhōu Shùrén，威妥玛拼音：Chou Shu-jen）（1881年9月25日- 1936年10月19日）是二十世纪重大的中文作家之一。被视为现代文学创始人的鲁迅使用白话文和文言文写作。鲁迅是短篇小说作家，编辑，翻译，评论家，散文家和诗人。在20世纪30年代，他成了上海左联名义上的领导人。

鲁迅的作品在五四运动有着非常重大的影响，这一点使他在新中国成立之后被誉为一代文豪。毛泽东本人就是鲁迅作品终身崇拜者。虽然同情左派，鲁迅从未加入共产党。鲁迅的作品被大量翻译成英文，广为流传，尤其由杨宪益和戴乃迭翻译的《鲁迅文选》。