Lu Xun

For other uses, see Lu Xun (Three Kingdoms).

Lu Xun
Born	(1881-09-25)25 September 1881 Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Died	19 October 1936(1936-10-19) (aged 55) Shanghai, China
Pen name	Lu Xun
Occupation	writer, critic, essayist
Period	1881–1936
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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	魯迅
Simplified Chinese	鲁迅
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǔ Xùn Gwoyeu Romatzyh Luu Shiunn Wade–Giles Lu3 Hsün4 IPA [lù ɕŷn] Wu Suzhounese Lou Sîn Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lóuh Seun IPA [lo̬u sɵ̄n] Jyutping Lou5 Seon3 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ló͘ Sìn Tâi-lô Lóo Sìn
Personal name
Traditional Chinese	周樹人
Simplified Chinese	周树人
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōu Shùrén Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jou Shuhren Wade–Giles Chou1 Shu4-jen2

Lu Xun (simplified Chinese: 鲁迅; traditional Chinese: 魯迅), (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936), was a Chinese writer. His real name is Zhou Shuren (周树人), as Lu Xun is his pen name. He was born in Shaoxing of Zhejiang Province. He had a lot of works, for example, "The True Story of Ah Q", " Medicine", and so on.

Lu Xun Park in Shanghai has a museum about his life and his tomb.

Related pages

• List of Chinese writers