Chapter 1 (The Story of Ah-Q) Introduction
The True Story of Ah-Q Chapter 1: Introduction
For several years now I have been meaning to write the true story of Ah
Q. But while wanting to write I was in some trepidation, too, which goes
to show that I am not one of those who achieve glory by writing; for an
immortal pen has always been required to record the deeds of an
immortal man, the man becoming known to posterity through the writing
and the writing known to posterity through the man-until finally it is
not clear who is making whom known. But in the end, as though possessed
by some fiend, I always came back to the ide...