Lu Xun's Essays Against Rituals and Old Morals

The theme of "Diary of a Madman" is very clear, that is, to "expose the evils of the family system and ritualism". Although the work is a diary of a madman, it is always centered on the phenomenon of cannibalism that has been occurring in China for thousands of years, and its intention is to tell everyone that in the history filled with "benevolence, righteousness, and morality," there are in fact only two words written all over the book: "cannibalism! This is Lu Xun's definition of feudal morality, and it is also the result of his thinking for many years. Through the eyes of the main character, Madman, the work observes the people around him: "They--there are also those who have beaten the yoke for the governor, those who have slapped the mouth of the gentleman, those who have occupied his wife for the magistrate, and those who have been forced to die by their debtors. rise up against the cannibal, but on the contrary, they want to follow the cannibal. The madman is perplexed by this, and the author is furious: "Is it because they have always been so accustomed to it, and do not think it is wrong? Or have they lost their conscience and knowingly violated the law?" In the view of the madman or the author, if these people do not change, will eventually be eaten, and the hope for the future can only be pinned on those "or still have" "not eaten the children", therefore, he issued a "save! Children ......".