Critical Study on LU Xun's Achievements of the History of Chinese Fictions

A Brief History of Chinese Fiction is one of the representative accomplishments of LU Xun's research of Chinese classic fiction. This book is the first history of Chinese fiction which gave the right name and signification to the Chinese classic novels. The influences to the later scholars was enormous. But at the same time, that kind of so enormous influences was ironically functioned as a bondage to the post-LU Xun historians of Chinese Fiction. So, we should consider two aspects of his achievements from the objective viewpoints. In this thesis, the problems of LU Xun's achievements which are shown in this book as well as the process of this book being made and its meanings will be presented.