Lu Xun and Eileen J. Cheng

Lu Xun (1881–1936), born Zhou Shuren, was a writer of fiction, essayist, poet, translator, and literary critic. Eileen J. Cheng is Professor of Chinese at Pomona College. She is author of Literary Remains: Death, Trauma, and Lu Xun’s Refusal to Mourn and coeditor of Jottings under Lamplight, a collection of Lu Xun’s essays.

Read “Autumn Night,” From Lu Xun’s Experimental Prose Collection Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk

Translator Eileen J. Cheng Introduces the Late Writer's “Brilliant, Imaginative Masterpieces”

November 28, 2022 By Lu Xun and Eileen J. Cheng

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Lu Xun and Eileen J. Cheng

Read “Autumn Night,” From Lu Xun’s Experimental Prose Collection Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk

Translator Eileen J. Cheng Introduces the Late Writer's “Brilliant, Imaginative Masterpieces”

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