Gu Cheng is a representative of "Left-leaning Romanticism" in China's modern misty poetry school. His new poems and old-style poems are highly accomplished, and his classic sentence "The night gave me black eyes/but I found light with them" gives people countless associations.
There is also a particularly tasteful abstract poem "Far and Near":
you
Look back at me.
Look back at the clouds.
I think
You looked at me from a distance.
You observe the clouds up close.
This poem is very, very tasteful to read, filled with a hazy taste. If you are interested, enjoy it with me.
Realistic distance and psychological distance are not always the same. The reality is far away, but the psychological distance may be very close. However, as long as China keeps our friendship, heaven will remain our neighbor. It is also possible that the realistic distance is very close, but the psychological distance is very far. The so-called "close at hand" probably refers to this. There are always some reasons for the inconsistency and contradiction between these two distances. The former is due to emotional closeness, which seems to shorten the actual spatial distance; The latter situation only occurs when two hearts are separated and mutually exclusive.
It is through the contradiction between realistic distance and psychological distance that Gu Cheng's short poems imply the alienation and vigilance between people and have a sense of loneliness.
"You" and "I" should be acquaintances, or friends and lovers, but the author did not explicitly point out. This uncertain relationship gives this poem a hazy meaning. But one thing is certain, that is, "you" and "I" are at least not strangers, otherwise "I" will not feel far and near. The realistic distance between them is very close, but the psychological distance is very far. "Cloud" has a certain symbolic meaning in this poem, which may symbolize simple nature. "I think/you see me far away/you see the clouds close" means that you are so close to those natural things, but you are indifferent to people, which makes "I" feel that people are far away, suggesting the spiritual gap between the two. How is this diaphragm formed? A poet can't write clearly, just like a riddle without revealing the answer, which is also one of the factors that cause poetic obscurity, which also makes this poem intriguing.
Of course, there are various reasons for this separation. It may be that after a period of contact, two people find that their temperament and temperament are not harmonious, or they may pursue different purposes. But in my opinion, the most important thing is that this poem typically reflects the psychological state of people being wary of each other since the catastrophe of ten years. Ten years of civil strife has created an unprecedented disaster for China, and everyone is in danger and vulnerable to blame. Advocate the son to report Lao Zi, the wife to report Zhang Xian, and the student to betray the teacher. So is the so-called cutting with ghosts. This situation has caused great trauma to people's minds, so that people will still have concerns for a period of time after * * *. The purpose of this poem is to remind people to pay attention to this problem and break this mutually exclusive psychological state.