Lu Xun
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As the space for dissent in China shrinks, the legendary Lu Xun it appears, is finally breaking through.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2023
Standing outside the door he asks whether the “two large guys” on the other side remember studying the Chinese writer Lu Xun in school.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2020
It was the progenitor of the Luting clan, a mythic rebel general named Lu Xun, who swam to Hong Kong Island from the mainland.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2019
In one corner of a shopping mall, 17-year-old Morgan Chan sat cross-legged on the floor, reading a collection of essays by the 20th century revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019
“Marrow” is a mordant look at a depraved society, more exemplary of Yan’s other work — he has handily drawn comparisons to Kafka and the foundational Chinese satirist Lu Xun — than its companion novella.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
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