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The Political Use of Lu Xun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Merle Goldman
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As dynasties have traditionally used historical figures for their own political purposes, so too has the Chinese Communist Party used famous figures for its political purposes. Perhaps, more than any other person in the 20th century, the Party has used the prestige of China's pre-eminent modern writer Lu Xun for a wide variety of political, ideological, and factional purposes. Since his death in October 1936, his life and work have been interpreted in different periods to conform to the latest mutation in party policy. And when the Party became factionalized after the Great Leap Forward, different political factions used Lu Xun to represent their conflicting political positions.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 91 , September 1982 , pp. 446 - 461
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1982

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