Below is an excerpt from an article summarizing the criticism of chinese from three well known Chinese literary figures. Lun Xun's name among the chinese is akin to William Shakespeare's name among the Brits. He was born in the 19th century. Below are his criticism of chinese (obviously the chinese of his era, or before). How much of them still applies to china mainlanders of today?

The original was in chinese, Bing did a good job with the headings, not that good with the paragrahs unfortunately. I don't blame it considering the writing was written over 100 years ago, and because Lu Xun was an artist, his style was a bit too much for a modern IT translation software to handle. So, you have to take your best guesses, Or, just look at the headings, which were pretty clear.

BOY,  WAS HE LUCKY TO DIE BEFORE THE COMMUNISTS TOOK OVER CHINA.  HE WOULD DIE AN EXTREMELY HORRIBLE DEATH IN THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION.

Lu Xun's 20 criticism of the Chinese

Lu Xun (1881-1936), who came out of the traditional knowledge of China, his concern for the weak made him strongly dissatisfied with the reality, so he criticized, he was sarcastic, he revealed, which made him the government at that time. His attention to the weak is different from the traditional literati, he often pinned the hope on the weak itself, he wants to change the weak spirit of the world to make it strong. So he often "mourns his misfortune and does not dispute".

1, Indifference

In China, especially in the city, if there is a violent illness, on the road, or overturned Shan fall injury, passers-by onlookers, or even happy people you have, those who are willing to lend a hand to support the people are very few. --Experience

2, selfish

My experience is that when people come to ask for my help, they use the theory of "mutual aid"; when they do do not need my help, or wanted to attack me, they use "The theory of the survival of evolution"; take my clothes, and if I claim it, they say I am "individualistic", selfish and stingy. --Letter to June and Xiao Hong in 1935

3. Disrespect for women

I never believe those ancient heroine stories, that Zhao Zhaojun, Mulan Army can protect the Sui, also do not believe that the dead Yin, Xi Shi Marsh wu, Yangfei those ancient words. In a patriarchal society, women never had so much power, the rise and fall of the responsibility, is always male oriented. But those men who have always been reponsible for the biggest downfall always blamed it on women, this is really despicable of men. --"Arjun"

4. Nationalism

China's current fake Quixote ... They do not know that the "buy china-made movement" can not revive the national industry. They do not know what "China's inherent culture" the curse of imperialism, regardless of tens of millions of times "unjust" or the golden Light curse, will not cause the Japanese earthquake, make it disaster the sea. However, they deliberately shouted to restore the "national spirit", as if they had some ancestral secrets. --"True and false Don Quixote"

5. Bullies

Unfortunately, the Chinese become a Sheep in front of a Fierce beast, and for the fierce beast in front of a sheep. This is going to end China. I think that to save Chinese, there is no need to add anything to go in, as long as the young people to these two properties of ancient usage, in turn one use is enough: opponents such as fierce beast when the enemy, such as sheep when the sheep! --"Suddenly thought of seven"

6. No shame

When the soldier died, the first thing the fly saw was his faults and wounds, sucking, camp called, thought proud, thought more heroic than the dead warrior. But the Warriors were dead, and no longer waved to them. So the flies are called more Camp camp, they think they are immortal voice, because they are completely, far above the warrior. Indeed, no one has ever seen the faults and wounds of flies. However, the soldiers who have faults are warriors, and the perfect flies are only flies. --Warrior and fly

7. Quintessence

Even if Shina, if born in the Chinese people, it will be "red and red place, flowery peach blossom, when festering, the United States like cheese." "The quintessence of the country is fantastic. --Impressions of 39

8. Worldly

If you look at the newspapers, you will know how many inequalities there are in the community and how many people are suppressed. But for these things, we seldom hear of the voice of the righteous indignation of those who have no interest in it, except at times or in the words of the people of the same trade, fellow countrymen, or kindred. It is very clear that everyone does not speak, or that they are irrelevant to themselves, or that there is no meaning in thinking that they are irrelevant. "Sophisticated" is not aware of its "deep in the worldly", which is really "deep in the worldly". It is the essence of the Chinese way of life. --"worldly samadhi"

9. An pedantic compromise

Chinese always like to reconcile, to compromise, for example, you say, this room is too dark, we must open a window here, we must not allow. But if you demand tearing down the roof, they will reconcile and open the window. --"Silent China"

10, Good-for-Nothing

China is too old, the Society no, all bad, like a black VAT, no matter what new things you add to the black. But there is no other way than to reform the mind. I see all the ideal home, not to miss the "Past", is "hope for the Future", and for "Now" the topic, all paid blank, because no one can prescribe prescriptions. All the best prescriptions are the "hope for the Future". --"The"

11, indifferent

Where there is a man's claim, he who Zane, it is the promotion of its progress, the opposition is to promote its struggle, the unique shouting life people, and no reaction, neither agree, nor oppose, such as exposure to the boundless wilderness, there is no you, this is how sad ah ... --"shouting and preface"

12, cold-blooded

It is true that the Chinese are not bad at war, but they do not curse the war, but they do not want to fight, but do not sympathize with others who do not want to play, though they think of themselves without thinking of others. --"A young man's Dream Preface II"

13, cowardly, lazy, slippery

The Chinese people do not dare to face up to all aspects, with deceive and deceive, to create a wonderful escape road, and self thought way. On this road, it is proved that the national nature of cowardice, laziness and artful slippery. One day's satisfaction, that is, the day of the fall, but feel more glorious. In fact, the subjugation of once, that is to add a few martyrs of the loyal, and later each do not want to Supers, but only to praise the few loyalists; once, that caused a group of women, after the incident, also often do not think of punishing, self-defense, but only singing that a group of women. --"On opening the Eyes"

14. The numb is the victor.

China is a wall, like "ghost Wall" in general, so that you can always "touch". The winner is the one who can hit the wall without feeling pain. --After the wall

15. Refusing to change

I am puzzled as to why the Chinese are so calm in the old situation, so Shong in the newer ones, and so settling down in the Bureau of the perfection. --"This and that."

16, paranoid

The Chinese don't doubt their suspicions. --"I Want to Cheat"

17, watch the lively

The masses, especially China, are always spectators of the drama. At the expense of the game, if it appears generous, they see the tragic drama, if it appears SU (that is, fear and trembling), they see the comic opera. The mutton shop in Beijing often has several people opening their mouths to look at the sheep, as if rather happy, the sacrifice of the people can give them the benefits, but also so. Shang took a few steps afterwards, and they forgot about it. --"How does Nora go?"

18, cowardly

China has always been a rare failure of the hero, a few toughness resistance, few dare to single fight Taketo, few dare to touch the weeping traitor's hanging guests, see victory trillion then gathered, see defeat trillion are fleeing. --"This and that."

19, Dark

We Chinese people are only happy about what they are not, or what they will not do for themselves. --"Remember the conversation"

20, individualism

People who come from life distress, as soon as there is money, it is easy to turn into two situations: one is the ideal world, for the people in the same situation, it becomes humanitarianism, and one is to make his own money, the past encounter, so that he felt that everything is cold, then the flow of individualism. Our China is probably more individualistic. --"literary and political astray"