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In Mr. Lu Xun's "Looking for Happiness", he has long talked about the common disease of modern poetry

Inadvertently flipping through the "Complete Works of Lu Xun", I noticed an article in the "Second Collection of Miscellaneous Essays of Jieting", "Looking for Happiness". This article was written on March 7, 1935, and published in the semi-monthly issue of Taibai on April 5, 1935.

In Mr. Lu Xun's "Looking for Happiness", he has long talked about the common disease of modern poetry

In this article, Mr. Lu Xun said that "a loyal and honest reader or researcher who encounters an article by two kinds of people will suffer unjustly." The first of these is "Guri's eccentric poems and Nietzschean phrases, and the works of the so-called Futurists from a few years ago." ”

Mr. Lu Xun said that such poems are "probably connected with strange literals, new words, and meaningless hard lines", "The author was originally scribbled, and he did not know what it meant." "But serious readers think that there is a deep meaning in it", so they studied it with their hearts.

In Mr. Lu Xun's "Looking for Happiness", he has long talked about the common disease of modern poetry

Mr. Lu Xun

"The result is inexplicable, and I have to blame myself for being shallow." Mr. Lu Xun said that if anyone who did good asked the author himself, "He must not explain, but just smile at you with contempt." This laugh will become more and more profound. ”

Let's take a look at what Mr. Lu Xun told us decades ago about the common problem of modern poetry. But the reader doesn't care, and the poet doesn't change anything. Poets shout "innovation" all day long, and opening and closing their mouths is this "genre" and that "ism", but in fact, they have never departed from this kind of mr. Lu Xun said.

Take Last year's fiery Jia Qianqian, peng Min, deputy director of the editorial department of the Poetry Journal, said that her "Lang Lang" and "Diary Monologues" belong to "bad poems" and cannot always stare at such poems and say things. The implication is that Jia Qianqian also has "good poetry". For example, the following "Bronze", which was selected for the "Selected Chinese New Year's Poems (2019-2020)" published by the Northern Literature and Art Publishing House, should belong to what Peng Min said is a good poem.

In Mr. Lu Xun's "Looking for Happiness", he has long talked about the common disease of modern poetry

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Is this poem what Mr. Lu Xun called "strange literals, raw sentences, and meaningless hard connections"? On the surface, it seems that "there is a deep meaning inside", as if it is very profound. To be honest, when I read such a poem, I felt that I was very "shallow" and did not understand what the "deep meaning" of this poem was.

In Mr. Lu Xun's "Looking for Happiness", he has long talked about the common disease of modern poetry

Jia Qianqian (Image from the Internet)

Of course, I did not dare and did not have the opportunity to ask Jia Qianqian in person what the "deep meaning" of her poem was. However, even if you ask, I am afraid that it will be the same as what Mr. Lu Xun wrote, and she must "not explain, just smile at you with contempt." This laugh makes you feel even more "shallow".

Here is a list of Jia Qianqian's "Bronze", she is actually a "lying gun", but I just remembered her poem. The "famous poet" who wrote "good poetry" in this way is far more than Jia Qianqian. There are also many poets who have been writing such "good poems". Of course, they won't explain, just make you feel "shallow" go.

The current poetry circle has carried forward this "style" and has been used in poetry reviews. The poetry reviews written by the current "famous poetry critics" are also "strange literal, raw sentences, and meaningless hard connections." It seems that such a comment is very specific, but after reading it, it still feels like it is not clear, and it will only increase its own "shallowness".

In Mr. Lu Xun's "Looking for Happiness", he has long talked about the common disease of modern poetry

What is the use of "famous poets" writing such poems? It is estimated that it is to "find happiness". First of all, they are happy themselves, and they praise each other, as if they feel how "profound" they really are. This is a feeling that they are happy to enjoy, so they are "very happy".

Second, they are happy to see the "shallowness" of serious readers. You see, they don't understand the "deep meaning" of it, right? They can't figure it out, right? As for the poets, they are "very happy" to see the reader scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks, stealing music on the side.

Of course, their "happiness" is much more than that. They are famous and advantageous, surrounded by a large number of followers, they stand on a high platform, their mouths are hanging, they are calling the wind and rain in the poetry world, which is when they are most "happy". Therefore, there are many poetry awards and poetry festivals now, because this can make "famous poets" "happy".

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