鲁迅留学日本长达七年,这在他的精神史上也算是一段重要的时期。他身处异邦却增强了对本民族的自觉性,认识到比之于治好一个个病人,不如治好社会的疾患更为重要,从而立志以文艺救国。此后,他归纳了若干评论,致力于译介被压迫民族作家的作品。只需读一读鲁迅以《我怎么做起小说来》(1933)为题的杂文,就会明白其中的缘由。他在文中列举了当时自己最喜爱的作家, Lu Xun studied in Japan for seven years, which is an important period in his spiritual history. He is living in a foreign country, but heightened his awareness of his own nation. He realized that it is more important to cure the illness of the community than to cure one patient, so as to save the nation through literature and art. Since then, he has summarized a number of comments devoted to the translation and writing of works by oppressed national writers. Just read Lu Xun’s essay entitled “How do I Start a Novel?” (1933), and I will understand why. He listed his favorite writer at the time,