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Mr. Chou Shu-jên （周樹人），who writes under the pen name Lu-hsün （魯迅），was born in 1881 in the city of Shaohsing, in Chekiang province. Before we consider the early struggles of this popular writer of the modern school, it may be well to translate a passage，which he wrote after his book had' received recognition and which will serve not only to reveal one pronounced side of his nature but also to cheer the reader as he follows the early trials with a foreknowledge that the dreamer does…-
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IX. The Grand Ending
CHAPTER IX THE GRAND ENDING AFTER the looting of the Chao family, the Weichuangites were, on the whole, filled with a mixture of delight and fear; Ah Q also was filled with delight and fear. But at midnight, four days later, Ah Q was suddenly taken by force to the district seat. In the black night a company of soldiers, a company of militia, a company of police, and five spies quietly made their way to Weichuang and under cover of darkness, surrounded T‘uku Temple. They put up a machine gun…-
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CHAPTER VIII BARRED FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY EACH day brought more peace to the hearts of the people of Weichuang. From the news that was brought to them, they understood that although the Revolutionists had entered the city, there was no great change in the tenor of things. The Chih-hsien-ta-lao-yeh still remained the same official, the name of the office having merely been changed to “such and such” an office. Moreover, Chü-jen Lao-yeh had become some sort of official. The Weichuangites…
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VII. The Revolution
CHAPTER VII THE REVOLUTION ON the fourteenth day of the ninth moon of the third year of the emperor Hsüan T‘ung—on the same day that Ah Q had sold Chao Pai-yen the purse—after three strokes of the watchman’s drum, a large dark-sailed ship reached the Chao household’s landing place. Through the inky darkness, while the villagers slumbered and knew nothing, this boat came rowing in. Dawn had almost arrived when it left; and so few people saw it. But stealthy investigation resulted in the…-
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VI. His Rise and Fall
CHAPTER VI HIS RISE AND FALL THE next time Weichuang saw Ah Q, it was just past the midautumn of the year. On speaking of Ah Q’s return, the people were astonished and would review the past, saying, “Where has he been heretofore?” When about to go to the city on former occasions Ah Q had enthusiastically told others about it, but it was not so on this occasion; therefore, no one had paid any attention to his going. He may have informed the old man who took charge, of T‘uku Temple, but…-
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V. Problems of Livelihood
CHAPTER V PROBLEMS OF LIVELIHOOD AFTER Ah Q had bowed, he returned to T‘uku Temple. The sun was sinking low, when by degrees he came to the realization that there was something strange about the world. On thinking over the matter carefully, he finally realized that the reason was his own bare shoulders. Recalling that he still had his tattered lined coat, he threw it over his body and lay down. When he opened his eyes, the sun had already gilded the top of the west wall; he sat up, muttering…-
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IV. His Pathetic Courtship
CHAPTER IV HIS PATHETIC COURTSHIP SOME say that those who have tasted of victory desire that their opponents be as the tiger, or as the eagle, before they are to realize the full joys of victory. But if their opponents are as the sheep or the puny chicken, they lose all joy in the triumph. And there are some who, having had a taste of victory, after an unconditional triumph gaze upon their smitten opponent, who was to have died and did die, who was to have surrendered and did surrender, and the whole…-
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CHAPTER III AN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNT OF AH Q'S VICTORIES ALTHOUGH Ah Q was always gaining victories after his own manner, it was not until he had received the smack from the Venerable Mr. Chao that his name became well known. He handed the ti-pao two hundred cash for wine money and lay down, seething with anger. He later thought to himself, "The present condition of the world is unutterable: sons striking their fathers ..." Thus, it came about that his mind pictured the Venerable Mr. Chao's austere…
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CHAPER II A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF AH Q'S VICTORIES NOT only are the surname and native district of Ah Q matters of uncertainty, but even his former doings are matters of doubt. This is due to the fact that the people of Weichuang merely made use of his services or made light of him, and never paid attention to his doings. Ah Q himself threw no light on these matters, but when he was engaged in verbal fusillades with others, he would dilate the pupils of his eyes and exclaim: "My ancestors...were greater…
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I. Foreword
CHAPTER I A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR FOR more than a year or two I have been wanting to write the true story of Ah Q, but while, on the one hand, I was desirous of doing it, on the other, I vacillated in my purpose. This proves that I am not the sort of person whose name can depend upon his writing for preservation, because in times past it has been necessary that an immortal pen preserve in writing the memory of a person who is to be of imperishable fame; therefore, it is not clear which is dependent…-
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