Abstract: From May 1898 to February 1902, Lu Xun studied in Nanjing for nearly four years, one life experience which was depicted later, in a narrative way of selection and reconstruction, in his preface for Na Han (1922). What determines this kind of narration is his self-presentation as a “writer” and a logic of “his giving up medicine for literature, a life pursuit”. His school life, was restored again in Suo Ji (1926), in which a reading experience of Evolution and Ethics is emphasized, and his image of "pioneer" and "explorer" was highlighted. His interests in medicine, during his study in Nanjing, lies in not only his strong desire to cure his father’s illness, but also his learning of grandfather’s Heng Xun. Lu Xun’s thought of “cultivating people”, his concept of evolution, and his recognition of western medicine, therefore, all grew from his school life in Nanjing.

Key words: different approaches, Nanjing, Evolution and Ethics, people of other types