page_title: Kong Yiji
hierarchical_section_title: Kong Yiji
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Lu Xun (1881-1936) Fotografie von 1930中文: 魯迅Bân-lâm-gú: Lóo sìn
context_page_description: Kong Yiji is a short story by Lu Xun, the founder of modern Chinese literature. Originally published in April 1919 in the journal New Youth, it was later included in his first collection of short stories, Call to Arms. The story's narrator reminisces about Kong Yiji, an alcoholic failed scholar who frequented the tavern where the narrator worked when he was a boy. The story expresses Lu Xun's rejection of Classical Chinese in favour of the written vernacular Chinese which he helped pioneer. It is one of Lu Xun's best known and most analysed works.
context_section_description: Kong Yiji (Chinese: 孔乙己; pinyin: Kǒng Yǐjǐ) is a short story by Lu Xun, the founder of modern Chinese literature. Originally published in April 1919 in the journal New Youth (新青年), it was later included in his first collection of short stories, Call to Arms (吶喊). The story's narrator reminisces about Kong Yiji, an alcoholic failed scholar who frequented the tavern where the narrator worked when he was a boy. The story expresses Lu Xun's rejection of Classical Chinese in favour of the written vernacular Chinese which he helped pioneer. It is one of Lu Xun's best known and most analysed works.
caption: Lu Xun
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