friends yamamoto early branches letter

In 1921 spring, lu xun's plan to write novels with Yang ", already emperor xuanzong will outline draft. Content also conceived ok, from troops stationed in suzhou kunju opera troupe with jade bracelet on after beginning, go to sigh incite sergeant killed high-ranked imperial concubine end. QuanGao more than 20 million words, points eighteen chapters. Then listen to the outline, yu dafu of lu xun's friend XuShouTang said: "Mr Zhou sub-editor storyline, for a wonderful, if again with his living flower of the pen to write fiction monarch, affirmation for our life side." But, when LuXunZheng applied in Beijing university, Beijing normal university lecture, the woman "the story of ah Q days of being wild" again, in "morning supplement" series, must be amplified processing, modify, plus the scream, printed book, "many matters urgently by", then have to will this novel writing aside.

LiuJiXing in "lu xun also see the resulting in" lu xun on this matter records: "I to write a novel about of the tang dynasty, to changan. Where a look, surprisingly even sky all don't like tang sky. Music.then with fantasy delineate plan totally broke, so far failed to write a word." (see lu xun in 1934, jan. 11 to the Japanese friends yamamoto early branches letter)

May 1932, lu xun in Shanghai met because his leg and hospitalization ChenGeng general. Meanwhile, he listens to ChenGeng general tells the GongSi army in the hupeh-honan anhwei border area counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" many stories, excited, right away to ChenGeng claimed a related mimeograph materials, decided to write a "falls", its length winding estimated 150,000 word. Qu qiubai read the first part that: "though is a novel, but quite true." FengXueFeng also recalled lu xun's prepared to write such a novel, "said lu xun and tour to write, only like" tielui "(former Soviet war novels) like to write". But suddenly, lu xun at receiving sick mother telegraph. Return to Beijing, he should visit several universities invited lecture. By the end of the annual went to Shanghai by YangXingFo soong ching ling, such as organizing Chinese rights ensure alliance, lu xun except in planning the elected executive committee member, chores pesters a body, have roved work. About the red army's novel is finally failed to write.