This man is beaten over the head by a man who cut off his pigtail while studying in Japan, whom this character refers to as the "Imitation Foreign Devil.
In the introduction to the story this character appears in, the narrator discusses confusions about this character's name and origins, as well as what to title his story, as the four difficulties he faced in writing it. When this character sees a nun from the Convent of Quiet Self-Improvement, he rubs her bald head and mocks her to win laughs from the crowd of men in a wine shop. This character becomes angry whenever villagers refer to a "long bench" as a "straight bench," and he focuses on drawing a perfect circle in lieu of signing his name to a confession, after which he is executed. This man is beaten over the head by a man who cut off his pigtail while studying in Japan, whom this character refers to as the "Imitation Foreign Devil." For 10 points, name this Chinese peasant who wins many "spiritual victories," and whose "true story" was told by Lu Xun (LOO "SHUN").
In the introduction to the story this character appears in, the narrator discusses confusions about this character's name and origins, as well as what to title his story, as the four difficulties he faced in writing it.
Ah Q [prompt on Ah; prompt on Q]