Abstract
ON 22 MARCH 2017, a new edition of Lu Xun’s Stories with Illustrations by Fan Zeng was launched at Peking University (the first edition was published
in 1978). Fan Zeng 范曾 is an eminent, state-lauded painter of traditional Chinese art and the inaugural director of Peking University’s Institute for Research on Chinese Painting Methods.1 Xinhua’s report of the book launch praised the artist for ‘enabling people to better understand Lu Xun’s writings
and the spirit behind them, while also providing an excellent textbook for spreading traditional Chinese culture’. Xinhua noted that ‘Fan Zeng’s
illustrations of Lu Xun’s stories have long been a part of our nation’s elementary and high school Chinese textbooks and have thus influenced several
generations of Chinese’.2
in 1978). Fan Zeng 范曾 is an eminent, state-lauded painter of traditional Chinese art and the inaugural director of Peking University’s Institute for Research on Chinese Painting Methods.1 Xinhua’s report of the book launch praised the artist for ‘enabling people to better understand Lu Xun’s writings
and the spirit behind them, while also providing an excellent textbook for spreading traditional Chinese culture’. Xinhua noted that ‘Fan Zeng’s
illustrations of Lu Xun’s stories have long been a part of our nation’s elementary and high school Chinese textbooks and have thus influenced several
generations of Chinese’.2
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Prosperity |
| Subtitle of host publication | China Story Yearbook 2017 |
| Editors | Jane Golley, Linda Jaivin |
| Place of Publication | Acton ACT Australia |
| Publisher | ANU Press |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 224-247 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781760462031 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781760462024 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
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