Walking in a young master's footsteps

Sanwei Private School, the complex where Lu Xun received his education as a teenager, now is part of the Lu Xun Native Place. Initially engaged in farming, they later ventured into business, amassing enough wealth to acquire two sizable complexes during the Qing Dynasty, says Hu Jingwen, director of the management department of Shaoxing Lu Xun Native Place. Young Lu Xun experienced the whole process, transitioning from a respected young master to someone who had to mortgage family properties in exchange for medicine for his father. At Sanwei Private School, the complex where Lu Xun began receiving his education at age 11 with teacher Shou Jingwu, people can see a desk carved with the character zao on the corner of the desk.