Analysis on Lu Xun’s Attitudes Towards the Imperial Examination System—Take Kong Yiji as an Example
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.389How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Lu Xun, attitude, Chinese feudal society, the Imperial Examination, Kong Yiji
- Abstract
Lu Xun was one of the leaders of the May 4th Movement, which was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement. He was mostly regarded as a representative writer, whose main proposition was against Confucianism and Chinese traditions. However, the author reckons that what Lu Xun tried to criticize was the negative side of the society generated by the traditions, rather than traditions themselves. The theme of one of his literature works, Kong Yiji, was also against the negative product of Chinese traditions, especially the Imperial Examination System that had existed over 1,300 years in ancient China, before the corruption of Qing dynasty. This short novel reveals Lu Xun’s main ideas, which involves anti-traditions and anti-Confucianism to a great extent. Therefore, this article aims to analyze Lu Xun’s attitude on the Imperial Examination System, and its consequences through quotes that reveal the appearances and personality of the main character and societal atmosphere in late Qing dynasty from Kong Yiji. What is more, this article will also introduce how Lu Xun’s biography influenced his mainstream ideas, offering a fresh perspective of the specification of Lu Xun’s perceptions of the Imperial Examination System.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ziyu Yang PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/17 TI - Analysis on Lu Xun’s Attitudes Towards the Imperial Examination System—Take Kong Yiji as an Example BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 40 EP - 44 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.389 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.389 ID - Yang2020 ER -