Throughout his life, Lu Xun composed more than seventy poems in both the classical and modern styles, over twenty prose poems, and several translated poems. His poetry is highly refined, with some of his most famous lines come to reflect the spirit of his scholarship and writings, still widely quoted today, such as the couplets “Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; Head-bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children” and “For all the disasters the brotherhood has remained; a smile at meeting and enmity is banished.” He voiced his aspirations with “I sacrifice my blood in the Yellow Emperor’s name,” expressed familial affection with “In dreams I half make out a mother’s tears,” and encapsulate his expectations with “Amid the silence comes the crash of thunder.” Lu Xun’s life was poetic; or, he lived his life as poetry. His prose and even novels are poetic, and his essays, often compared to spears and daggers, are like satirical poems. He immersed himself in the gentle and profound teachings of poetry, wandered down thorn-laden paths, and cried out in the desolate and cold wilderness. Through his poetry, he embodied both the breadth and depth of stimulation, contemplation, communication, and criticism, offering readers awakening, encouragement, and motivation.