"A Generation" ? Gu Cheng
The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to look for light.
The whole poem is just one sentence. This short poem with only two lines shocked the entire poetry world after it was published in the third issue of "Stars" in 1980. Whether people have a positive or negative attitude towards Meng Ke Nei's poems, they all agree with this poem. commend.
It is completely new in aesthetic principle. It avoids the direct expression of emotions and abandons the actual narration of the scene. It does not deliberately construct a complete artistic conception, but only uses imagination and metaphor to highlight a pair of unusual "black eyes" on a thick black background (a generation of A symbol of awakening), in front of the eyes, it seems that a beam of white light can be seen shooting from the gap in the dark clouds. The whole poem is like a three-dimensional print.
"Night" and "Light" form a sharp contrast between dark and bright colors. "Black eyes" is a deformed image that exudes strong emotional color. This kind of artistic expression triggers the reader's imagination, so that suffocating era appears on the imaginary screen, the young generation who grew up distorted in the absurd reality, and the tenacity bursting out from the potential buried deep in the heart. The spirit of seeking…. This is the statue of an entire "generation".
Extended information:
Gu Cheng (1956-1993), male, originally from Shanghai, was born in a family of poets in Beijing on September 24, 1956. He is an important representative of the Chinese Misty Poetry School. Known as a contemporary "spiritual romantic" poet. Gu Cheng has high attainments in new poetry, old-style poetry and allegorical poetry. The line "The night gave me black eyes/I use them to find light" in his "Generation" has become a classic line of new Chinese poetry.
Gu Cheng began his writing career at the age of 17 and contributed articles to various newspapers and magazines. In 1987, he began to travel to Europe for cultural exchanges. In 1988, he lived in seclusion in Waiheke Island, New Zealand, and lived a self-sufficient life. On October 8, 1993, due to a marriage dispute at his residence in New Zealand, he injured his wife Xie Ye with an ax and then hanged himself in a big tree. Xie Ye subsequently died from his injuries.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-A Generation