Sheng Cheng arrived in Paris in January 1920, just as the "Dadaism" movement that was popular in Europe and the United States moved from Zurich to New York, then converged in Lausanne, and poured into Paris. The Dadaists used Bakunin's famous assertion that "destruction is creation" and were committed to a comprehensive rebellion against traditional values. This was an immediate impact on Shengcheng, who had lived under totalitarian rule since childhood, was full of revolutionary passion and had a rich revolutionary resume. Shows great appeal. Whenever night falls, almost all cafes and bars on both sides of the Seine, centered on Montparnasse and Montmartre, are gathering places for "Dada" people. Those who are obsessed with literature go to Montparnasse, and those who love art go to Montmartre. Shengcheng is so excited that he shuttles between them, drinking both the "literary coffee" in Montparnasse and the "literary coffee" in Montmartre. Art Champagne”. He called this daily celebration "attending the Dada Gala". There he first heard about Freudian psychoanalysis and the "Oedipus complex", and successively met the originators of "Dada" such as Zara, Toussaint, and Arp, as well as Picasso, Apollinaire, Breton, Hemingway and other masters of the century are emerging, and You have a deep friendship with Pythagorean and Heidegger. He once took advantage of the opportunity to write poems in Chinese for Picasso's paintings, which made the latter feel novel and happy. Unfortunately, this combination of Chinese and Western calligraphy has not been circulated, or it has been lost and unknown. The "Dada" movement in Paris in 1920 was later called the "Paris School", and this year was called the "Mad Year". The "Crazy Years" and the "Dada" he experienced for a period of time thereafter greatly affected Sheng Cheng's ideological development and life path. The reason why he had the courage to write "My Mother" in French a few years later, as he himself admitted, was largely due to the "inspiration" of "Dada"; to a large extent, he first joined the "Dada" in March 1920 The French Socialist Party, and then co-founded the French Communist Party with the left-wing Socialist Party Cachia and Frossard, and served as the provincial party committee secretary of Langnedoc in the southern region of France. It is also directly related to his reflection on "Dada", the internal differentiation of "Dada", and the revolutionary situation throughout Europe in which "Dada" was involved; as for his subsequent failure to establish a relationship with the Chinese Communist Party in France, The branches were united, and because they had fundamental differences with the leaders of the French Communist Party and even the Third International on several major issues and insisted on their own opinions, they were eventually expelled. I'm afraid it has something to do with the influence of "Dada" - however But it is not because the Communists believe in anarchism.
In 1975, Sheng Cheng compiled and published a collection of French poems, Roar of the Year, to commemorate that period of rapid development. Two years later, as the only living "Dada" patriarch, he was invited to attend the art exhibition commemorating the "Dada Movement" organized by the West German government in West Berlin, and received an extremely warm welcome. Ten years later, he wrote a rather concise memorial text, summarizing the "Dada" he knew, including the occurrence and evolution of "Dada", its status, role, influence and significance in history. , and his personal relationship with "Dada". One of the passages is quite illustrative:
We broke up with Breton. We are active and advocate art as life. We also have an organizational core, which is in sharp contrast to Breton's passive and unorganized individualism. Moreover, we have close ties with society and listen to the voices of the people. We have added and changed the French classical spirit "PRECISION, CLARTE, HARMONIE" into four words: VIGUEUR, self-improvement (the original meaning of this word is vivid , strong and energetic). LIMPIDITE, all-in-one (this word refers to the inner, while the original CLARTE refers to the outer). HARMONIE, comprehensive coordination (different from the past, the pros and cons in "harmony" were absolute and partial, but now the pros and cons are relative, dialectical, and comprehensive. Therefore, science, art, and literature are comprehensive, There is no pure art and pure literature, there is no art without literature, there is no literature and art without science, and there is no science and technology. Everything is comprehensive, and the twentieth century is a comprehensive era) PAIX (PEACE), peace and harmony. The purpose of peace is the great harmony of the world. The above four words are our covenant and the beacon of our actions.