Living up to your youth and living up to your youth comes from "Dreams as Horses", Haizi's famous poem. Original text: Use dreams as horses to live up to your youth. Meaning: Refers to using one's dreams as the direction and motivation for one's progress. Don't let down your beautiful youth. It often appears in school or in some situations where you cherish the good times of youth.
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"Dreams are Horses" is a famous poem by Haizi. Explanation: Use your dreams as the direction and motivation to move forward (horse here means stable and firm like a horse). "Using Dreams as Horses: Selected Classic Poems of Haizi" was published by Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House in March 2016.
Haizi, formerly known as Zha Haisheng, was born in Chawan, Gaohe, Huaining County, Anhui Province in May 1964 and grew up in a rural area. In 1979, when he was 15 years old, he was admitted to the Law Department of Peking University. He started writing poetry while in college (1982). After graduating from Peking University in 1983, he was assigned to work in the Philosophy Teaching and Research Section of China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing. He committed suicide by lying on the train in Shanhaiguan on March 26, 1989.
In the poet's short life, he maintained a holy heart. He was not understood by the world for a long time, but he was a poet who tried his best to challenge the limits of literature and life in the history of new literature in China in the 1970s. With his brilliant talent, miraculous creativity, keen intuition and extensive knowledge, he created nearly 2 million words of poetry, novels, dramas and essays in an extremely poor and monotonous living environment.
His main works include: the long poem "But Water, Water", the long poem "Land", the poetic drama "The Sun" (unfinished), the first choral drama "Messiah", the second choral drama The remaining manuscripts of the play, the long poem "Da Zha Sa" (unfinished), the drama "Murder" and about 200 short lyric poems. He once co-printed a poetry collection "The Urn of the Wheat Field" with Xichuan.
He won the Special Prize of the May 4th Literary Grand Prix of the First Art Festival of Peking University in 1986, and the Honorary Award of the Third "October" Literary Award in 1988. Some of his works have been included in nearly 20 poetry anthologies, but most of his works have yet to be compiled and published. He believes that poetry is what returns freedom and silence to human beings.
Reference materials: "Dreams as Horses" Baidu Encyclopedia, Introduction to Haizi