Chapter 8 Introduction to "Chinese Masterpiece Novels"

China's new literature, from the beginning to the present, has not experienced a long period of time.At the beginning, like the Balkan countries, creators and translators played the role of fighters in the literary innovation movement. Until today, there is only a slight difference.But this has increased the so-called sloppy work of some authors.From this point of view, it is quite unfortunate. Generally speaking, the current author, not to mention the lack of freedom in creation, even the situation is really difficult.First, the new literature was produced under the impetus of foreign literary trends, and almost did not absorb any heritage from ancient Chinese literature.Second, the translation of foreign literature is extremely limited, and there are no complete works or masterpieces. The so-called "stones from other mountains" [2] are really too poor.But the short stories I'm writing are relatively successful, and although these works can't be called masterpieces, they don't appear to be inferior to the recently popular things written by foreigners with Chinese subjects as the subject.From this point of view, it should be said to be excellent.In the eyes of foreign readers, it may seem unreal, but it is actually true.Now I will not be superficial, and I will introduce short stories by some recent authors to Japan. — If it is not in vain, then it is great luck.

Lu Xun April 30, 1936 EE [1] This article was originally published in the Japanese monthly "Reform" on June 1, 1936. It was originally in Japanese and had no title. When he was young in 1936, Lu Xun, at the request of Yamamoto Mihiko, the president of the Japan Kaizen Society, selected ten short stories by young Chinese writers, and from June of the same year, they were published successively under the general title of "Chinese Masterpiece Novels" in the monthly magazine "Reform" (Only six were published). [2] "Stones from other mountains" comes from "The Book of Songs Xiaoya Heming": "Stones from other mountains can be wrong"; "Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade".