Savage as a lion, timid as a rabbit, crafty as a fox... - Lu Xun

Rather than worship Confucius and Kuan Kung, one should worship Darwin and Ibsen.

The literature of former days is like watching a fire from across the water; in present-day literature, the author himself is being scorched by the fire and he is bound to feel it deeply, and when he begins to feel it deeply, he is bound to take part in the social struggle.

We have hereafter only two roads to choose: one is to embrace the ancient literature and die, the other is to forsake the ancient literature and live.