“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.””
Quotes by Xun Lu
“Hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist.It is just like the roads across the earth.For actually there were no roads to begin with,but when many people pass one way a road is made.””
“Hope is a path on the mountainside. At first there is no path. But then there are people passing that way. And there is a path.””
“Creation, even when it is a mere outpouring from the heart, wishes to find a public. By definition, creation is sociable. Yet it can be satisfied with merely one single reader: an old friend, a lover.””
“A woman has so many parts to her body, life is very hard indeed.””
“John Stuart Mill declared that tyranny makes men cynical. He did not know that a Republic makes them silent.””
“The fearful thing about the Chinese literary scene is that everyone keeps introducing new terms without defining them. And everyone interprets these terms as he pleases. To write a good deal about yourself is expressionism. To write largely about others is realism. To write poems on a girl's leg is romanticism. To ban poems on a girl's leg is classicism.””
Xun LuLu Xun, born Zhou Shuren, was a pivotal figure in modern Chinese literature, renowned for his sharp critiques of society and culture. Hailing from a family of declining landlords in Shaoxing, Zhejiang...