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Selected stories of lu hsun, published by foreign languages press, peking, 1960, 1972 transcribed. A madmans diary lu xun wikisource, the free online. In diary of a madman, scarface reveals how his world changed when he. Lyell provides an introduction, notes on pronunciation and further notes on the text, intending to win as wide an audience as possible beyond those already familiar with chinese history and. In the last dozen pages, jordans family life suddenly appears for really the first time only to break into a meditation on child support. In 2012, scarface collaborated with ice cube on an insane clown posse remix called. This english and chinese bilingual edition of a a madman s diary was first published in 1918 by lu xun, one of the greatest writers in 20thcentury chinese literature. Sheeit, on this rap shit come on, nigga i brought my chopper and my hard hat the shits fucked up.
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