04/09 – Morning, sent small package back home, including dried peaches, apricots, persimmons, and jujubes. Evening, Daosun visited, went together to Guanghe ju; Mingbo and Jishi also went. Later, sent letters to second and third brother, postmarked chuwu.
05/09 – Morning, went with department head and colleagues to Guozijian, had a tour and then lunch. After lunch, went with Daosun to Shenchahai [Shichahai] for tea and then to Yangjia garden to buy some grapes, which we enjoyed under a pavillion. By the time we returned home, it was already 5.30 pm. Received Minxing ribao from August 29th and 30th. Evening, Mister Wu Bingcheng visited.
06/09 – Cloudy. Morning, joined staff meeting; the only one to speak was Minister Fan, and his words were rather strange. After lunch, attended discussion about specialized university courses. Daosun visited in the afternoon and we later had dinner in Jifu’s [Xu Shouchang] room. Received Minxing ribao from the 31st.
07/09 – Rain. Afternoon, visited Qian Daosun in his room. Evening, met Li Mengzhou in Jishi’s room.
Lu Xun's Diary, translated 