Picking up Flowers in the Morning and Weeds at Dusk
by Lu Xun
About This Novel
"Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk" is a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun. It was originally called "Revisiting Old Things" and was first published in 1928. It includes 10 essays written by Lu Xun in 1926. They not only review Lu Xun's youth and boyhood, but also reflect the changes in Chinese society from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, as well as the touching traditional Chinese humanities and worldliness that flowed through them. "Wild Grass" was first published in 1927. It is Lu Xun's only collection of prose poems, including 23 works written from 1924 to 1926. Combining free-style poetry and prose poetry, these works are both free and casual, yet have the condensation of poetry, and are full of philosophical exploration of the meaning of life. Compared with "Picking Up Flowers in the Morning and Evening", Lu Xun's personal emotions in "Weeds" are stronger and deeper. "For my own sake, for the sake of friend and foe, man and beast, those whom I love and those whom I do not love, I hope for the swift death and decay of this wild grass."
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