Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t2.3

v2.c10.s2.t2.3

He was born into a scholarly family in Shaoxing of Zhejiang province in China. Until he was 11, Lu Xun studied in a private school run in his home town. His family went through various troubles and suffered a gradual financial decline while he was in his a youth. The memories of this period became an important source material for his creative writing, and are vividly depicted in his later works such as *Call to Arms* (《呐喊》), *Wandering* (《彷徨》) and *Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk* (《朝花夕拾》).