"Stars" is a collection of poems, consisting of 164 short poems. Bing Xin believed in the "philosophy of love" throughout her life. She believed that "with love, there is everything." In "Stars", she constantly sang hymns of love. What she is most passionate about praising is maternal love. In addition to loving her parents, Bing Xin also values ??brotherhood. She loved her three younger brothers. In an essay she later wrote, "To Little Readers? Newsletter Thirteen," she also compared her three younger brothers to three bright stars. Bing Xin praises maternal love, human love, and childlike innocence. At the same time, she also praises nature, especially the sea that she was familiar with in her childhood. Praising nature, praising childlike innocence, and praising maternal love have become the eternal themes of Bing Xin's life-long creation.
"Spring Water" is the companion volume to "Stars" and consists of 182 short poems. It was also published first in the "Morning News", but "Spring Water" came out three months later than "Stars".
In "Spring Water", although Bing Xin is still praising maternal love, praising family affection, praising childlike innocence, and praising nature, she uses more space to implicitly express herself and her The troubles and anguish of a generation of young intellectuals. She uses a gentle and slightly sad writing style to describe her inner feelings. At the same time, she is exploring the meaning of life and expressing her desire to understand the true nature of the world.
The main content of the collection of poems is based on the philosophy of love, praising maternal love, praising childlike innocence, praising nature, and exploring life.