Lu Xun is telling the truth.

Sister Xianglin is a character in Lu Xun's short story "Blessing" and a typical rural working woman in old China.

Before the Revolution of 1911, the widowed Xianglinsao heard that her mother-in-law wanted to sell her and went to Luzhen to help her husband overnight, because she spared no effort to please her wife. Unexpectedly, her mother-in-law took her away and married He Laoliu. He Lao died of typhoid fever six years later, and her son was also eaten by wolves, so Sister Xianglin returned to Master Lu's house. She was afraid that Yan would dismember her body after her death, so she donated one year's salary to the threshold of the land temple. In the evening, when I went to offer offerings in high spirits, I was severely beaten by Aunt Lu, depressed and absent-minded, and was driven out as a beggar. On a blessed night, she died in the snow.

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First of all, Sister Xianglin was not forced to death by Liu Ma. Liu Ma was just the catalyst for her death. Liu Ma only accelerated the death of Sister Xianglin. She is not the root cause of Xianglinsao's tragedy. However, after Liu Ma asked Sister Xianglin to donate the threshold, everyone's attitude towards Sister Xianglin did not change, which made Sister Xianglin's heart suffer a serious blow again, thus accelerating her death.

Secondly, Sister Xianglin was not forced to death by Master Lu. Even without Master Lu, Master Zhang or Master Wang would have forced Sister Xianglin to death. Master Lu Si was only deeply influenced by feudal culture and thought that Sister Xianglin was an unfortunate person. However, the ruthlessness of Master Lu Si is an important reason for Xianglinsao's tragedy.

Based on the above conclusions, it can be concluded that Xianglinsao is an honest man with no scheming, but she is also a fool. On the surface, it is really the bondage of feudal thought in the old society, which is a major reason for Xianglinsao's tragedy. But in fact, such people will be losers in any competitive era. They are at the bottom of society, with no resources and no ability to turn over. They can only be pushed around. This is to distort the humanity of society. It is precisely because of the influence of feudal thought that everyone will think that Sister Xianglin is "killing her husband", that the crime of being trafficked will be forcibly pushed to Sister Xianglin, and that it is a sin for Sister Xianglin to remarry.

According to the high school text, Sister Xianglin died of poverty. This statement is even more inaccurate. The root cause of Xianglinsao's tragedy should be attributed to the following two aspects: one is the influence of feudal thought, and the other is the ruthlessness of most people in society at that time. This coincides with the author's intention of "awakening the sleeping people in the iron house".