Xu Yi: A "genius poet boy" who is indifferent to fame and fortune

Xu Yi was born in 2003

Rule of Law Weekend reporter Yu Weili

On December 23, 2012, at the age of 9, Xu Yi officially became a member of the Chongqing Writers Association, and this "genius poet boy" became the youngest writer in the domestic provincial writers association, a record that has not yet been broken.

　　He began to write a poem a week at the age of 6

What is even more amazing about Xu Yi than the title of "member of the Writers Association" is that he has published more than 100,000 words of poetry, fairy tales and novels in nearly 100 publications in China, and published the poetry collection "Dream Falling Flowers" and the novella "Captain Hal". Many literary lovers have been unable to realize their lifelong dream of publishing, xu Yi has already realized it before he is 10 years old.

In the words of Lan Ye, deputy director of the editorial department of the Poetry Journal, in Xu Yi's fairy tale kingdom, he used his pure imagination to know and interpret everything around him. In his world of imagination and poetry, earthworms can talk, light rain can sing, the sea shakes bells, clouds have sad times...

Xu Yi's fame is undoubtedly a product of the times.

Around 2000, with the continuous deepening of social openness and the rapid development of online media, after being exposed to more and more new ideas and new things, a large number of young people have a strong desire to write and express, at the same time, newspapers, magazines and online platforms are also in the stage of a hundred flowers, there is enough space to fit the quality content produced by young writers. As a result, a group of talented writers appeared in the Chinese literary world.

Xu Yi was born in November 2003, that year, Han Han, Guo Jingming, Zhang Yueran and a number of other "new concept" young writers were just like the day in the sky, and Jiang Fangzhou, born in 1989, has also opened columns in a number of provincial media. Fledgling young people rely on writing to become famous, is not a new thing, under the influence of the entire environment, many parents in order to their children can have a broader space for development, will also find ways to help their children cultivate writing ability, Xu Yi's father is one of them.

Xu Yi's father said in an interview: "This child is nothing special, just loves writing, innocence and childlike fun, and true feelings... Joining the Writers' Association was my father's idea. Not to earn fame, but to let children get more guidance from everyone in literature and have a more fulfilling literary environment. ”

According to Xu Yi's introduction to the media, since he was 6 years old, his father asked him to write a poem every week, "I began to imitate it, and then I observed or imagined it myself, what to write, how to write, it is up to me to decide." In addition, Xu Yi seems to be no different from other peers, like to read fairy tale books, watch cartoons, and the reason why he can write a large number of high-quality literary works is attributed to "superior imagination".

"The Writers' Association cannot turn it away because of its young age"

Regarding the label of "prodigy", Xu Yi also has his own thoughts - "From one century to another century, there will always be many new things that are hundreds of thousands of times more than the original, I am like the scientific and technological achievements of this era, in some days, there will be more new people born, more powerful than me." ”

In the future, it is still unknown whether someone will become famous earlier than Xu Yi, but Xu Yi's fame is already an indisputable fact. After becoming famous, journalists from all over the country wanted to interview the "genius poet boy", and CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, and some provincial-level television stations invited him to do interview programs, but Xu Yi all refused.

Xu Yi was able to successfully become a member of the Chongqing Writers Association, on the one hand, because of his own efforts, on the other hand, because the entire literary environment is slowly changing. Both the Chinese Writers Association and the local Writers Association are actively recruiting young writers to join, and such an environment makes it possible for Xu Yi to successfully join the Chongqing Writers Association.

Chen Chuan, chairman of the Chongqing Writers Association, once expressed such a view in the face of the media's doubts at the time - "Because Xu Yi has applied to be submitted to the Writers Association and has a writer's recommendation, the Writers Association should accept it." To join the provincial writers' association, it must meet one hardware: in a journal with a unified issue number, more than 100,000 words of literary works are published. According to the statutes of the Writers Association, there is no age requirement for joining the Writers Association, and a 9-year-old child can publish group poems in the headlines of the Poetry Journal, which is a hard condition that everyone witnesses, and the Writers Association cannot turn it away because of its young age. ”

The serious responsibility and eclecticism of the Chongqing Writers Association have made Xu Yi the youngest writer in the domestic provincial writers association. From becoming a member of the Chongqing Writers Association to now, nearly 6 years have passed, about Xu Yi's recent situation, there is almost no relevant news on the Internet, most of the searches can be found in his recent works published in various publications, such as this "Hungry Seeds" - dark clouds / obscured the sun / faint light / piercing deep heart / that seed / no love / no self / only a yearning heart.

We can see that in Xu Yi's works, in addition to still maintaining innocence and childlike fun, there are also some more thoughts about life.

Editor-in-charge: Gao Hengtao