Forging the Swords, by Lu Xun: Bilingual Edition, English and Chinese 铸剑 (Lu Xun 鲁迅 Bilingual Study Series Book 17)

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This edition of Lu Xun's Chinese classic Forging the Swords features both English and Chinese side by side for easy reference and bilingual support. The Lu Xun Bilingual Study Series includes a study guide and additional materials. Published in 1926 by Lu Xun, one of the greatest writers in 20th-century Chinese literature. The English translation is provided courtesy of the Marxists Internet Archive.

Forging the Swords is the 5th story in Lu Xun’s collection Old Tales Retold <故事新编>. The story is an innovative and new telling of a traditional Chinese tale. In this story, a sword making couple's quest to produce swords for the king turns awry. Their son is left to avenge the father's killing, only to encounter strange twists and turns along the way. The final scenes of this story are both laughable and haunting, leaving the reader to analyze one of the strangest and fanciful Chinese stories ever told.

周树人（1881年9月25日－1936年10月19日），字豫才，原名樟寿，字豫山、豫亭，以笔名鲁迅聞名於世，浙江绍兴人，為中国的現代著名作家，新文化运动的领导人、支持者，中国现代文学的奠基人和开山巨匠，在西方世界享有盛誉的中国现代文学家、思想家。鲁迅的主要成就包括杂文、短中篇小说、文学、思想和社会评论、学术著作、自然科学著作、古代典籍校勘与研究、散文、现代散文诗、旧体诗、外国文学与学术翻译作品和木刻版画的研究，对于五四运动以后的中国社会思想文化发展产生一定的影响，蜚声世界文坛，尤其在韩国、日本思想文化领域有极其重要的地位和影响，被誉为“二十世纪东亚文化地图上占最大领土的作家”。

这本有英文和中文在一起。