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It is true that although there are no "lives of gamblers" in authentic English history, the famous author Conan Doyle nevertheless wrote Rodney Stone 1 but while this is permissible for a famous author it is not permissible for such as I.
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"Supplementary biography"? But no president has ever ordered the National Historical Institute to write a "standard life" of Ah Q. If I were to call this an "unauthorized biography," then where is his "authenticated biography"? The use of "legend" is impossible, because Ah Q was no legendary figure. "Autobiography?" But I am obviously not Ah Q. "Official biography?" This account will obviously not be included with those of many eminent people in some authentic history. but unfortunately none of these suited my purpose. There are many types of biographies: official biographies, autobiographies, unauthorized biographies, legends, supplementary biographies, family histories, sketches. Confucius said, "If the name is not correct, the words will not ring true" and this axiom should be most scrupulously observed. The first was the question of what to call it.
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But in the end, as though possessed by some fiend, I always came back to the idea of writing the story of Ah Q.Īnd yet no sooner had I taken up my pen than I became conscious of tremendous difficulties in writing this far-from-immortal work. But while wanting to write I was in some trepidation, too, which goes to show that I am not one of those who achieve glory by writing for an immortal pen has always been required to record the deeds of an immortal man, the man becoming known to posterity through the writing and the writing known to posterity through the man-until finally it is not clear who is making whom known. The True Story of Ah-Q Lu Xun The True Story of Ah-Q Chapter One: Introductionįor several years now I have been meaning to write the true story of Ah Q.