"Poetry Peking University"

Author: Hu Shi / Xu Zhimo, etc.
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book primarily consists of letters between teachers and friends, recollections, critiques, and poems, forming a vivid and unique history of modern Chinese poetry. The campus is not only a "base" for modern poetry education but also a "mother" for its growth. Generations of writers often start their journey from the campus. This is particularly true for Peking University and modern Chinese poetry. From the birthplace of modern poetry to the "nodes" of different stages of its development, poets and critics who live in the space of "Peking University" move among them, continuously producing "knowledge" and "lineages" about modern Chinese poetry. Furthermore, "Peking University" as a highly condensed "poetry community" not only generates numerous anecdotes and stories for entertainment but also provides a standard model of "poetry and life," which is rare both in China and worldwide. Understanding and researching the "hidden convergence" both inside and outside poetry is particularly facilitated.
Excerpt: Pigeons / Hu Shi
The clouds are light, the sky is high, what fine late autumn weather! There is a group of pigeons playing in the sky. Look at them, three or two, circling back and forth, as if at ease—suddenly, they turn over in the sun, their white feathers set against the blue sky, incredibly vibrant!