Thief sells 200 stolen smartphones to buy literature  

男子盗手机销赃后买《鲁迅全集》称为提高修养

短短两个月，犯罪嫌疑人席某先后在大理、昆明等地手机卖场连续作案5起，盗窃各式高档手机近200部。销赃获利后，席某并没有将钱用于吃喝玩乐，而是买了一套《鲁迅全集》用于提高自己的文学修养，并且买了笔墨纸砚，决心修习书法，过完生日还想去西藏“洗涤”下心灵。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A thief in Yunnan province didn't squander the money he cashed in from 200 stolen smartphones. Instead, he bought a complete volume of literature works, as well as a brush and ink for calligraphy, a local news website reported.

Xi was arrested for stealing smart phones and laptops from two electronic products stores in Kunming on Dec 12 and Dec 24 last year, local police said.

He admitted the thefts and added that he also stole more than 80 mobile phones in Dali.

Altogether, Xi stole nearly 200 smartphones, worth more than 260,000 yuan ($41,900), but police found only 14 phones in his home.

Xi said he sold most them to buy the complete works of Lu Xun, and a brush and ink to practice calligraphy.

He also said he had plans to go to Tibet to "purify" his mind.

Lu Xun (1881－1936), the pen name of Zhou Shuren, is a leading figure in modern Chinese literature who wrote in vernacular Chinese as well as classical Chinese.