Dignity and the Ability to Survive: Covers The True Story of Ah Q by Lu Hsun. It describes and relates Ah Q to all the people of China. He has the ability to survive every hardship he encounters.

Dignity and the Ability to Survive         The book and the poems we had to read for our first Chinese paper were interesting to read. The book was The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Hsun. The poems were The Lady of Wen-chi; Recruiting Officer at Shih-hao Village by Du Fu; To His Old Friend Hsin by Li Gai; Fighting South of the Ramparts; A Song of War Chariots by Du Fu; Anonymous Woman Poet (10…

…dwell on it. Instead they look at it as their fate and they do not regret. They look for the good in situations. They also try to make up the wrong that they have done. With all these qualities, China has become a nation that survives even the hardest of times. They have qualities that not many possess. These are the qualities of pride and resiliency. They certainly deserve to be called, "The Central Kingdom."