No. 42 Ai Qing: Praise the people with poetry

He is one of the most representative poets in China since the "May Fourth" and one of the most important poets in the history of Chinese literature in the 20th century, the most influential advocate and practitioner of "free body" poetry, and a well-deserved hero in the poetry world.

His imagination and depiction of "land" and "sun" in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression recorded the most somber voice of the Chinese nation and also declared the firmest confidence of the sons and daughters of China. In the era of national peril, he did not lose his faith in the light, but praised the light, the sun, and the people with a strong patriotic spirit, expressing his fervent call for peace and dignity. In the days of humiliation and suffering, he did not bow his noble head, but firmly believed that "even if it is a phosphorus fire, it is still burning." At the advent of the new period, he once again glowed with the youth of poetry, and with the conscience of a poet, condensed his personal experience and his own reflections into poetic images and told his readers and the times.

In his creative process of more than 50 years, there are two peak periods of creation, one is the 1930s and 1940s, and the other is the new historical period since the reform and opening up. His most important masterpieces were born in these two periods. In the process of pursuing art and liberation, he has always maintained a firm belief, full of feelings and tenacious fighting spirit.

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Source: "Cultural Power" Guangming Daily Collaborative Promotion Platform