鲁迅（1881-1936），是周树人的笔名。周树人，字喻才，浙江绍兴人，他是现代中国文学著名文学家、思想家，五四新文化运动的重要参与者，中国现代文学的奠基人。

Lu Xun (1881－1936), courtesy name Yu Cai, born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, was the pen name of Zhou Shuren. He was the leading figure of the modern Chinese literature, an ideologist, and one of the initiators of the New Culture Movement.

小时候他在私塾的学习，帮助他打好了坚实的文学基础。1898年当他在南京学习的时候，他接触西方知识并受到接受达尔文主义影响。1902年，他去日本学医，后来弃医从文，希望以此救国。

In the boyhood, he studied in the family school, which helped him lay a solid literary basis. In 1898, he came into contact with Western learning and began to accept the influence of Darwinism when studying in Nanjing. In 1902, he went to Japan to study medicine, but later abandoned it for literature in the hope that literature and art could change the national spirit.

1918年，以鲁迅为笔名发表中国现代文学史上第一篇用现代体式创作的白话短篇小说《狂人日记》。他还成为《新青年》杂志的编辑，成为五四新文化运动的伟大倡导者。

In 1918, he used this pen name for the first time and published the vernacular story,Kuangren Riji(literally “A Madman's Diary”) which was a scathing criticism of outdated Chinese feudalism. He also joined in the editing of the magazine New Youth and became the great advocate for the May Fourth New Culture Movement.

之后，他出版了许多著名 的小说，包括阿Q正传，以及一些文学革命影响下的散文。这些出版物帮助他赢得了全球声誉。

After that, he published many famous novels includingA Q Zheng Zhuan(“The True Story of Ah Q”), proses and essays under the influence of literary revolution. These publications helped him win a worldwide reputation.