xposed.ThecoreofironyLuXungaveageneraldescriptionoftheconnotationofironyartintheWhatisIrony(1935):"Ithink:anauthor,usestherefining,orjustsomeexaggerationink--butmustalsobenaturalart--writesagroupofpeopleoratrue,thisworkiscalledirony."4LuXunthoughtthatthelifeofironyliesinits"authenticity".Perhapsthefactsdescribedbywriterhavenotappearednow,butitwillhappeninthefuture.Fromthisweknowthattheironyshouldnotbeafalseandalsoshouldn'tbefigment,andshouldnotbetheeye-catchingblamethestatusquoandtheso-calledanecdotesupposition.Ironyissupposedtobeasignofrealway,andshouldnotbeselfishandridicule.BothancientandmodernChineseandforeign,fromTheScholarsandStrangeStoriestotheHighOldMan,Nose,AnimalFarmandotherliteraryclassics,writtenbythemmaybeillusory,neverhappened,buttheirperformanceofsocialrealityandhumannature.