When Gu Cheng was interviewed by Zhang Suizi in Germany in 1992, he once discussed the issue of pre- and post-stage staging in detail:
“In the beginning, it was the natural ‘I’. This ‘I’ itself There is a kind of childishness, but also dreams, hopes and fears. The poems I wrote during this period were more natural and lyrical, allowing me to speak to the birds, the world and myself. Then there is the 'cultural me' and what I was able to do at that time. The "we" who share the same spirit with me become a whole. In this whole, I am absorbing the nutrients of traditional Chinese culture and Western culture. The poems I wrote during this period have a strong human, psychological, and even emotional value. The color of society. I began to evaluate the world from a human perspective. Then there is the 'counter-cultural me', who uses counter-cultural methods to fight against the dominance of culture on me and the world. During that period, I had a destructive mentality and used absurd language. After that, I found that searching for 'me' and confronting the world were all in a vicious circle. I lost interest in culture and counterculture, and gave up the pursuit of 'me'. , entering a state of 'no self'. I began to write a natural poetry, no longer using text techniques, and no longer expressing myself. I no longer had dreams, no more hopes, no more fears.
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