Lu Xun was born in 1881 to a wealthy family, and he lived a happy life in his childhood. In 1893, however, his grandfather, a senior government official, was put into prison for taking money. (A)同时,他爸爸病的很重. From that time on, his family were no longer accepted by their relatives and friends. (B)These early experiences greatly influenced his writing.
① By the time Lu Xun arrived in Nanjing to study at university in 1899, he already believed that Chinese society had to change and become modern. In 1902 he went to study in Japan. There, he began writing articles for a few Chinese student magazines. He showed a gift for writing and translating and he even wrote a few books, although (C)____ was popular. He returned to China in 1909 because he was in need of money.
After working for several years as a teacher in Beijing, Lu Xun again returned to writing. ② It was the first Chinese novel published using the everyday language that people spoke, which helped make it a great success. This, together with his novel The True Story of Ah Q, made Lu Xun a leading Chinese writer. ③
(D)____ he was successful himself, Lu Xun was still worried about China's future. In 1926, he moved to Shanghai and gave up writing stories in order to devote himself to what he called "pen warfare". He now only wrote articles which called on the people to fight against the feudalism(封建主义).For this, the government stopped him from publishing any more books. He was forced to write his articles using false names.