Excerpts from reading notes about Ai Qing’s selected poems

1. Some people are afraid of light, and some are full of hatred for light, because the needle light emitted by the light stings their selfish eyes.

2. All tyrants in history, traitors of all dynasties, and all greedy people have tried every means to imprison light in order to steal wealth and monopolize wealth, because light can awaken people.

3. Personal pain and joy must be integrated into the pain and joy of the times.

4. Why do I always have tears in my eyes? Because I love this land deeply.

5. There is no eternal night in the world, and there is no eternal winter in the world.

6. People don’t like lies. No matter how pretentious or high-sounding the lies are, they will not touch people’s hearts. There is a scale in everyone's heart that measures language.

7. Even if we are a candle, we should shed tears when the candle dries up; even if we are just a match, we should shine at the critical moment; even if our bones rot after we die, It will also turn into phosphorus fire to burn in the wilderness.

8. Ask the civilized earth, ask the thawing rivers, ask the swallows coming from the south, and ask the soft willows.

9. How many places have I been to? The waves of life rise and fall one after another, making people fall in love at first sight. They are not mirages in the vast ocean! And who is swimming back in the middle of the water to keep the hotbed of dreams...

10. Saying that hometown is not hometown, the Kitchen God sticks to the calf. The mountains and rivers of the motherland are lovely everywhere, because I love this land deeply.

11. In times of chaos and unrest, friendship is like a reed in a cloudy day.

12. I hold on to my dreams in the days of endless flow. Holding on to the bright sunshine is like holding on to the direction of a long journey.

13. It’s not the Penglai Wonderland. It’s every plant and tree, and what he likes most is the white waves stirred up by the anchor.

14. Whose tears return to their hearts? Whose sweat falls into a river, this city is the youngest, it is so beautiful, wherever you go it is your hometown.