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Which Chinese essayist and inventor of the 'living essay' form, writing under the pen name 'Zhou Shuren', also translated Gogol and Nietzsche into Chinese?
Answer: Lu Xun — Lu Xun's essays, collected in volumes like 'Call to Arms' and 'Wandering', fiercely attacked traditional culture—Confucianism, foot-binding, arranged marriage—and laid the foundation for the baihua (vernacular) literary movement.
- A Hu Shih
- B Lu Xun ✓
- C Lin Yutang
- D Zhou Zuoren
Lu Xun's essays, collected in volumes like 'Call to Arms' and 'Wandering', fiercely attacked traditional culture—Confucianism, foot-binding, arranged marriage—and laid the foundation for the baihua (vernacular) literary movement.