《孔乙己》写于《狂人日记》之后、《阿Q正传》之前;不管是在发表的当时,还是以后,它似乎也未曾产生过如《狂人日记》、《阿Q正传》那样的巨大影响。但是,这篇只有两千多字的《孔乙己》却是《呐喊》集中鲁迅最喜欢的一篇。1923年《呐喊》结集出版后,有人问及其中哪一篇最好时,鲁迅坦然承认他最喜欢《孔乙己》。时隔十多年以后,鲁迅在编选《中国新文学大系·小说二集》时,又称 “Kong Yi-ji” was written after The Madman’s Diary and before the True Story of Ah Q; neither did it appear at the time of publication, nor did it ever appear to have produced such stories as The Madman’s Diary and The True Story of Ah Q great influence. However, this is only more than two thousand words “Kong Yiji” is “shout” concentrated Lu Xun favorite article. When “cry” was compiled and published in 1923, when someone asked which one was the best, Lu Xun frankly acknowledged his favorite “Kong Yi-ji.” After more than a decade later, when Lu Xun compiled the Second Book of Chinese New Literature Series,