“The true warrior dares to face life's bleakness squarely, and to look straight at its flowing blood.”

— Lu Xun · Courage quote

The true warrior dares to face life's bleakness squarely, and to look straight at its flowing blood. — Lu Xun quote card
Writer · 1881 – 1936

Lu Xun was China's most influential modern writer, famous for sharp short stories such as Diary of a Madman and The True Story of Ah Q. He abandoned medicine for literature, believing that changing minds mattered more than healing bodies.

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