He characterized Chinese society as cannibalistic and dedicated himself to reforming the spirit rather than the body to help Chinese people at the time. At the same time, he criticized Confucianism strongly. The teaching of Confucius (load-vassal, father-son, bond of marriage, benevolence, integrity, courtesy, knowledge and belief) made the deceptive governing class and it became an instrument of Chinese hierarchy.
The May Fourth Movement provides the setting for the times. The interests of the old German leased territory in Shandong province was inherited by Japan through the Paris Peace Treaty of World War 1 on May 4th in 1919. In response, the students of Beijing University repeated the violent anti-Japan demonstrations at Tiananmen Square.
The May Fourth Movement also influenced the birth of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921 and therefore it had an enormous influence on politics and culture. Lu Xun stood at the forefront of a new culture movement with his brother Zhou Zuoren and criticized the half measures of the Chinese Revolution and maintained his position of anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism staunchly. Furthermore Lu Xun assimilated himself into the hero of “The True Story of Ah Q” and called himself and the people around him a person who applauded a shot down criminal narcissistically.
花村嘉英（2015）「从认知语言学的角度浅析鲁迅作品－魯迅をシナジーで読む」より translated by Yoshihisa Hanamura