Wang Guowei and Lu Xun were both interested in literature and philosophy, but had different viewpoints due to their backgrounds. Wang Guowei's ideas influenced Lu Xun, but they also had differences in their literary theories. Both focused on traditional and foreign literature, but Lu Xun emphasized rationality and objective thoughts more than Wang Guowei. Lu Xun corrected Wang Guowei's narrow viewpoint and developed his own historical materialism theory of literature.