Synopsis of "The True Story of Ah Q

"The True Story of Ah Q" is a Chinese novel written by Lu Xun, which is set in the Chinese countryside before and after the Xinhai Revolution, and depicts the story of Ah Q, a wandering peasant farmer in Weizhuang, who is "really capable" of doing his job, but has nothing, and even his first name and last name have been forgotten. The novel criticizes the feudalism, conservatism, vulgarity, corruption and other social characteristics of the Chinese society at that time, and powerfully reveals the scene of the life of the people of the old China and their pathology in the midst of deep heat.

Ah Q himself is a very humble and poor character, but he does not take other people in his eyes, even the rich and powerful master Zhao in his hometown, he also thinks, "My son will be much more broad". And because he has been to the city, even the city people also look down on, take the defects of others wantonly ridicule, and then cause for pride.

Self-deception is a manifestation that Q often uses to comfort himself so that he can gain psychological satisfaction. For example, if he was beaten by others, he could imagine that he was beaten by his "son", and thought that the whole world was not like that, no ethics, and then turned the defeat into a victory according to his own will, and was satisfied.

Expanded Information

"The True Story of Ah Q" is Lu Xun's centralized display and systematic liquidation of the morbid national character of old China. The triumphalism of the spirit runs through Q's life, and even when Q is about to be killed, he still uses the triumphalism of the spirit to make himself forget the pain of killing his head. In Lu Xun's words, he explains the Victory of the Spirit: "The Chinese people are afraid to face up to all aspects of the world, and they use concealment and deception to create a marvelous way of escaping, thinking that they are on the right path. In this way, it proves the cowardice, laziness, and skillfulness of the national nature. And they are satisfied day by day, that is to say, they fall day by day, and yet they think that day by day they see their glory.

The profoundness of "The True Story of Ah Q" lies in the fact that it not only exposes the weaknesses of the Chinese people at the beginning of the twentieth century, but also reveals the root causes of the nation's decline. The failure of Ah Q is not only the history of national failure, but also the history of national failure. Through the archetype of Ah Q, Lu Xun reveals the basic contradiction of Chinese society during the Xinhai Revolution, and at the same time penetrates the author's great love for the nation and the people.

"The True Story of Ah Q" has an irreplaceable position in the history of modern literature. The "real significance" and "relevance" of "Q Zhengzhuan" have not diminished at all, but rather, the intensity and sharpness of its day to day, the "unchuang" of the country has not fundamentally changed, "the spirit of Q". The "spirit of Ah Q" can still be seen everywhere. Q is a dissecting knife, through the "dissection of their own" and analyze the spiritual crisis of the Chinese people and the national character.

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