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Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk
Lu Xun's "Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk" (also translated as "Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Twilight" or "Twilight Flowers") is a poignant and introspective story that explores themes of loss, disillusionment, and the decay of traditional values in Chinese society during the early 20th century.
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"Picking up flowers in the morning and evening"
"Dog·Cat·Rat"
description of cats
Reasons to hate cats
"Ah Chang and the Classic of Mountains and Seas"
Characteristics of the eldest mother
Miss my eldest mother
"Twenty-four Filial Piety Pictures"
Recalling the feelings of reading "Twenty-Four Pictures of Filial Piety" as a child
Criticize feudal filial piety
"Five Rampant Meeting"
Criticize the old education system
Describe the devastation of feudal patriarchy
"Impermanence"
Describe the impermanence of the seducer
Satire on warlords ruling literati
"From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Bookstore"
Describe the fun of childhood life
express dissatisfaction with feudal education
"Fan Ainong"
Describes the story of Fan Ainong, a friend from the same hometown
Expressed disappointment with the old democratic revolution
"Mr. Fujino"
Remembering Mr. Fujino
Tracing the author’s thought process of abandoning medicine and pursuing literature
"Miscellaneous Notes"
The author left home to study
Describe the disgusting image of Mrs. Yan
"Father's Illness"
Quack doctors harm people
feudal filial piety
"Picking up flowers in the morning and evening"
about the author
Lu Xun, whose original name was Zhou Shuren and whose courtesy name was Hencai
People from Shaoxing, Zhejiang
Famous writer, thinker, revolutionary
Main articles
"Dog·Cat·Rat"
By describing some of the characters and behaviors of cats and mice, it metaphorically describes the so-called "gentlemen" and explains the reasons why the author hates cats.
"Ah Chang and the Classic of Mountains and Seas"
By narrating eight things about "I" getting along with my eldest mother when I was a child, I portray an uneducated but kind-hearted and helpful person.
"Twenty-four Filial Piety Pictures"
Criticize the hypocrisy and cruelty of feudal filial piety.
"Five Rampant Meeting"
The attack on the old education system and education methods expresses the author's disgust for this.
"Impermanence"
The seducer who depicts superstitious legends satirizes the literati ruling the warlords who claimed to be "gentlemen" at that time.
"From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Bookstore"
Through the comparison between the free and happy life in Baicao Garden and the study life in Sanwei Bookstore, it shows children's love for nature and their love for nature.
"Father's Illness"
Expose the harm done by quack doctors and their disapproval of feudal filial piety.
"Miscellaneous Notes"
Introducing the story of Mr. Lu Xun who broke through the feudal shackles, pursued new knowledge, and left home to study.
"Mr. Fujino"
By recalling Mr. Fujino’s kind care and strict teachings to me, and praising his political enthusiasm, rigorous scholarship and broad mind,
"Fan Ainong"
It retraces several life fragments of the author's contact with Fan Ainong when he was studying in Japan and after returning to China, and describes Fan Ainong's dissatisfaction with the dark society before the revolution,
Good words
1. When you think about the joy of life, you can certainly miss life; but when you think about the bitterness of life, impermanence is not necessarily a bad guest.
2. When a person has only memories left, his life will probably be considered boring.
3. People say that there is only a piece of paper between sarcasm and cynicism, and I thought the same goes for funny and disgusting.
4. Talking about wine in the world, if you are a small drinker, you will be drunk in the big circle, and you will sink into a state of drunkenness.
5. Life is like a mountain, what matters is not its height, but its beauty; life is like a rain,
Main characters and personalities
author's father
Zhou Boyi
Stern, with traditional feudal ideas, loving children
author's nanny
eldest mother
Kind, simple and superstitious
Author's mentor
Mr. Fujino
Rigorous, honest, enthusiastic and noble character
author's friend
Fan Ainong
Integrity, stubbornness, and patriotism
The author's father's neighbor
Mrs. Yan
A selfish, treacherous, evil-minded woman
The author’s childhood private school teacher
Shou Jingwu
Founder, simple and knowledgeable