Literati from China, Japan compare notes

HANGZHOU - Literature experts as well as descendants of two well-known Asian writers met in East China to boost friendly communication between China and Japan.

Descendants of Chinese writer Lu Xun and Japanese novelist Natsume Soseki, talked about the influence of both men on literature on Monday at a seminar at Shaoxing University in Zhejiang province. Lu Xun was born in Shaoxing.

Lu Xun is the pen name of Zhou Shuren (1881-1936). His works, including The True Story of Ah Q and A Madman's Diary, put him in the league of leading Chinese writers that ushered Chinese literature into the modern era.