Lu Xun’s artistic view was tied to the development of modern Chinese graphics

for which he insisted on trying artistic innovations and having close relation to society at both national and individual levels. During the 1920s

Lu Xun was acutely aware of the rapid social transformation and the urgent need for diversifying art forms that reveal social changes and conflicts. Thus

he seeks artistic fusion between the western woodcuts and the traditional Chinese graphics while emphasizing that art must reflect historical events and be in everyday subjects. His artistic views

accompanied by burgeoning societal awareness for modernity

was a central force for developing Chinese new woodcuts

which were especially badly needed in the Second World War

and remain so even for now.