Call to Arms is a collection of revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xunâs most famous and most important short stories. Featuring âA Madmanâs Diary,â a scathing attack of traditional Confucian civilization and âThe True Story of Ah Q,â a poignant satire about the hypocrisy of Chinese national character and the first work written entirely in the Chinese vernacular. Together this collection exposes a contradictory legacy of cosmopolitan independence, polemical fractiousness, and anxious patriotism that continues to resonate in Chinese intellectual life today.