Lu Xun (Wade-Giles romanization: Lu Hs�n) was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (September 25, 1881-October 19, 1936), a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese and Classical Chinese, he was a short story writer, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, poet, and designer. In the 1930s, he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.