Lu Xun 
Call to Arms A* Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk 

As his first collection of short stories, Call to Arms authentically presents social life from the Revolution of 1911 to the May 4th Movement, reveals various underlying social conflicts from the perspective of revolutionary democracy and based on the spirit of enlightenment and humanitarian spirit, profoundly analyzes and thoroughly criticizes the old China“s system and certain old-fashioned ideas, and reflects his deep concerns on survival of the nation as well as eagerness for social changes. As the only collection of evocative essays, Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk records Lu Xun“s life from childhood to boyhood and youth, and those fresh and beautiful words carried childhood pleasure, which make it one of the very few masterpieces of Lu Xun that are extremely suitable to be read by youngsters.