After describing the decline of the author's family, Trivial Notes (an essay in Morning Flowers and Evening Picks) was snubbed by the world, and finally embarked on the road of breaking with feudalism. Miscellaneous Notes tells the story that Lu Xun went to Nanjing to study and look for "another kind of person".

The work describes the disadvantages and difficulties of learning in Jiangnan Naval Academy (later renamed Thunder Academy) and Mine Road Academy at that time, and criticizes the "foul smoke" of Westernization Academy. The author described his excitement when he first came into contact with the theory of evolution. He read the theory of evolution hungrily despite the opposition of the older generation and showed a strong desire to explore the truth.

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Flowers in the morning and flowers in the evening are the only collection of reminiscence essays written by Lu Xun, originally named Reminiscence of Time Past, which has always received rave reviews. This book is a collection of Lu Xun's 1926' s reminiscence essays, with ten articles in total. The first five articles were written in Beijing and the last five in Xiamen.

Lu Xun's recollection prose is Lu Xun's past. It is a well-known collection of essays, a must-read collection of essays, and a collection of essays like a tutor. This book is Lu Xun's words recalling different life experiences and experiences in childhood, adolescence and youth.

This book consists of, dogs, cats, rats, Chang and 24 filial piety pictures of Shan Hai Jing, Wudian Society, impermanence, reflecting the moon from Baicaoyuan to Santan, father's illness, notes, Mr. Fujino, Fan Ainong and postscript. Every article in the book shows the social situation and folk culture at that time, revealing Mr. Lu Xun's profound observation of society and sincere feelings for his family, teachers and friends.

The narrative is cordial and touching, and it is organically integrated with a lot of description, lyricism and discussion. The style of writing is beautiful and fresh, which can be called the highest level of recalling prose in the history of modern literature.

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