09/09 – Clear; windy in the afternoon. Received letter from second brother, sent on the September 2nd. Received Minxing ribao from the 2nd and the 3rd.
10/09 – Sunny. Sent letter to second brother. Afternoon, received letter from second brother, sent on the 4th. Received Minxing ribao from the 4th.
11/09 – Afternoon, received Minxing ribao from August 24th. Evening, Hu Mengyue invited me to Nanwei zhai to celebrate the birth of his child; there were nine people at the table: some Zhang, Tong, and Tao whose names I do not know, Yu Boying, Xu Jifu, Chen Gongmeng, Yang Shenshi, and myself.
12/09 – Afternoon, had a chat with colleagues regarding some trivial matters from last years of the Qing. Evening, received Minxing ribao from September 5th. Had a quilt made for five silver yuan.
13/09 – Cloudy. Morning, sent letter to second brother. Light rain in the afternoon. Received Minxing ribao from September 6th and 7th. Evening, Daosun visited and we went with Jishi to Tonghe ju. Rather windy in the evening.
14/09 – Morning, received salary for first half of the month, 25 yuan. Washed old quilt, paid 300 copper coins for the service.
Lu Xun's Diary, translated 