Attempt Collection: A Hundred Excellent Chinese Literary Books in a Century

Author: Hu Shi
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: "The Book of Poems in Vernacular" is the first modern poetry collection written in vernacular Chinese in the history of modern literature. Hu Shi was undoubtedly a vernacular poet. Initially published in the New Youth magazine, his works either cursed the dark rule of feudal warlords and the hypocrisy of old rituals, or expressed the spirit of individual liberation and active progress, or praised the sanctity of labor. The main pursuit of The Book of Poems in Vernacular was "the liberation of poetic form." Hu Shi said, "The purpose of writing vernacular poems is to promote the liberation of poetic form. Whatever material you have, write poems with it; whatever words you have, say them; break all the chains and shackles that have bound the freedom of poetry: this is the liberation of poetic form." The Book of Poems in Vernacular is full of contradictions, revealing the experimental process of new poetry and the difficult journey of the development of new literature. This book introduces a collection of poems by the author Hu Shi, which are characterized by their era and unique style, making them worth reading.