"The Big Time" for Living or Death——On the Development of Lu Xun's Historical Consciousness

The Big Time is pivotal concept in Lu Xun's middle and late thoughts and keyword in process of formation of Lu Xun's historical consciousness.According to Lu Xun's writing in late 1920s and early 1930s,we could find that figure of enlightenment and figure of revolution constitute a unity.It is only by drive of revolution that the Big Time could come into being.And the Big Time is a time for living or death.Lu Xun's thought on the Big Time shows a sort of profound experience of will to living and implies extension of his philosophy of life into field of history.