Born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, Lu Xun was first named Zhou Zhangshou, then Zhou Yucai, and finally himself took the name of "Shùrén" (Ch.樹人), figuratively, "to be an educated man".
Born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, Lu Xun was named Zhou Zhangshou (周樟壽) with his style name Yushan (豫山). In 1898, before he went to Jiangnan Naval Academy, he took the given name of "Shuren" (樹人), figuratively, "to be an educated man".