The Background of Lu Xun's Life and Death Inquiry and Its Influence on Literary History
For a long time,the academic circle has highly evaluated and fully understood Lu Xun's historical contribu-tion to criticizing the national character,but the profound reflection on"life"and"death"and the cultural signifi-cance and world vision contained by Lu Xun and other contemporary Chinese writers under his influence haven't been systematically concerned and explored.The atmosphere of death and the sense of wasteland pervades Lu Xun's creation,and there is abundant humanistic passion under the cold and solemn,which essentially stems from his ex-treme concern for countless individual lives,and his life-and-death inquiry throughout his whole life has the philo-sophical connotation of"living to death".The tradition of life and death created by Lu Xun is continued in the cre-ation of Xiao Hong,Cao Yu and Sun Li.The differences in artistic style and perception mode create different emo-tional temperatures,but they all return to the care and reflection of human survival in the end.The painful experi-ences of contemporary writers such as Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng connect and echo Lu Xun's life understanding.They not only bear the heavy darkness stoically,but also transcend the darkness with a passion that is almost pure and true.The richness and tension of the interweaving of rationality and poetry constitute the philosophical meaning of Lu Xun's life aesthetics.The context of Lu Xun's"life and death inquiry"has laid an important direction for modern and contemporary literature to continuously probe the ultimate proposition,and formed the spiritual base and life base of Chinese modern and contemporary literature to dare to fight the fate."Life"and"death",as the fun-damental issues related to life and literature,bear a rich cultural capacity and witness the spiritual growth of individ-uals and nations full of hardships and glory.