5. The Morality of Mind and Immorality of Politics: Reflections on Lu Xun, the Intellectual

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Introduction IX
5. PART ONE. Literature
6. 1. Tradition and Modernity in the Writings of Lu Xun 3
7. 2. The Morality of Form: Lu Xun and the Modern Chinese Short Story 32
8. 3. Lu Xun's Zawen 54
9. 4. Lu Xun as a Scholar of Traditional Chinese Literature 90
10. PART TWO. Thought and Politics
11. 5. The Morality of Mind and Immorality of Politics: Reflections on Lu Xun, the Intellectual 107
12. 6. Hu Feng and the Critical Legacy of Lu Xun 129
13. 7. Lu Xun in the Period 1936-1949: The Making of a Chinese Gorki 153
14. 8. The Political Use of Lu Xun in the Cultural Revolution and After 180
15. PART THREE. Impact and Reception
16. 9. Lu Xun and Patterns of Literary Sponsorship 199
17. 10. Lu Xun in Japan 216
18. 11. The Reception of Lu Xun In Europe and America: The Politics of Popularization and Scholarship 242
19. A Selective Bibliography of Works by and about Lu Xun in Western Languages 275
20. Appendix: Chinese Transliterations and Characters of Lu Xun's Works 287
21. Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Names 295
22. Contributors 305
23. Index 307