Wang Jinxin's Poetry

Author: Wang Jiaxin
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: It can be said that through his own writing, Wang Jiaxin has reposed the question of "What should a poet do in an era of poverty" for Chinese poetry in its transitional period, a question both long-standing and urgent. He strongly advocates "taking writing out of a 'pure poetic boudoir'" and making it an artistic responsibility that "matches the demands of the times." Whether this poetic effort has effectively addressed the flaws of contemporary poetry, which once seemed too light, at least Wang Jiaxin's own poetry has responded to this proposition with remarkable focus. As a poet who has lived through the 1980s and 1990s, Wang Jiaxin has always been a guardian of the poetry of this era. His voice carries the profound spiritual shocks caused by the changes of the times. In his poems, there has always been a silent, resilient traveler, the other self of the poet—he "travels in the scenery of life and death," passing through wind, frost, snow, and the vicissitudes of the times, providing a strong basis or "reason" for the poet's writing. These lines that have passed through the spiritual purgatory are inevitably "painful," yet the poet has gained the courage to make a decisive choice: "To steady oneself is to reach the time of persisting in the wind or completely giving up" (Transformation). Wang Jiaxin is a Chinese poet with social significance.