The video of Chinese and Japanese university students discussed Lu Xun's "Hometown", and the Chinese college students attending the meeting: a new perspective of the Japanese research community are interesting

Source: Global Times

[Global Times reporter Li Xiao] "In fact, there is no road on the ground, and the more people who walk, the more it becomes a road." I don't know how many students' memories this sentence from Lu Xun's "Hometown" has awakened. According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported on the 16th, in order to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of the short story "Hometown" by Mr. Lu Xun, a giant in Chinese literature, The University of Liberal Arts in Yamanashi Prefecture, Shanghai Overseas Chinese University and Hunan University held an online joint seminar, and about 30 college students from China and Japan discussed and exchanged views on the article "Hometown" through video, and expounded their understanding of this work.

Zhou Fei, an associate professor at Torayu University of Liberal Arts who planned the online joint discussion, said that Japan's interpretation of "Hometown" tends to focus on changes in interpersonal relationships, while China attaches importance to contemporary themes such as "critique of the old society." Around the description of the protagonist "I" of "Hometown" reuniting with his childhood friend Yantu after 20 years, many previous views believed that "the time of 20 years is Lu Xun's clerical error, in fact, 30 years", but at this seminar, some people believed that "this is not a simple clerical error, or Lu Xun's intention". Professor Emeritus of Toraku University of Liberal Arts Tanaka introduced the different understandings of the article by Japanese scholars, and Chinese university students who participated in the online seminar said: "I have not found it before, but the new perspective of the Japanese research community is interesting. ”

It is reported that the exchange program between chinese and Japanese universities has been affected by the new crown epidemic, so Zhou Fei planned this online seminar. A female college student at Duliu University of Liberal Arts said: "The epidemic caused me to fail to study in China, and my heart to study abroad was not strong, but this exchange activity re-stimulated my idea of studying in China." ”

Mr. Lu Xun is not only well-known in China, but also has a wide influence in Japan. Fushizo Fujii, an emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo and an expert on Lu Xun, said that after World War II, only one publishing house included "Hometown" in textbooks in 1952, and gradually increased, and after the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations in 1972, all textbooks included this work. In other words, almost all Japanese students have read Lu Xun's Hometown. In addition, Japanese Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe and writer Haruki Murakami also admitted that their works were influenced by Lu Xun.