Lu Xun Introduction from The Chinese Literature Podcast
The China History Podcast
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Lucun's Study of Medicine
In 18 98, he entered the tangnon naval academy. This is an important development, because a lot of scholars like luciun, in the late nineteenth century studied at institutions that were founded by western powers. They couldn't necessarily get where they wanted to go through the traditional route of the civil service or appointment to government office. And at the dangnon naval academy is where he discovered western literature. He discovered ley's evolution and ethics. He discovered j s mill. After that, he went to study in japan in 19 o two. It was while he was in japan that he had what we will discuss later on,. A sort of awakening, a realization that ch
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