Lu Xun: Translation

Lu Xun was Chinese novelist and essayist. Explore interesting quotes on translation.
Lu Xun: 32   quotes 5   likes

“The Revolution is so that people can live, not so that they can die!”

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“For all of ignorant people of a nation, even if their body is somehow strong, somehow grand, even then they can only make meaningless displays [of this "strength"]. [As for] the multitude of constituents and observers, however many may die from [this] sickness, this is [still] not to be considered as unfortunate.”

Lu Xun studied medicine before he became a writer. Once he saw on a film a Chinese being executed by Japanese while many other Chinese were watching this "spectacular event". This made him feel that saving the "souls" of people is more important than saving their bodies.
Source: From the preface of his work Na Han (Call to Arms) (1922)

“Chinese medicine lies, whether purposefully or not.”

Source: From the preface of his work Na Han (Call to Arms) (1922)