There is much that can be elucidated about the ups and downs of "Southern Poetry" over the past twenty years, and relevant comments have grown exponentially in recent years. However, although they are all unified under the concept of "Southern Poetry", the expressions also change according to the situation, are diverse, have ambiguous connotations, and even conflict, not only involving series such as "Southern Spirit" and "Southernness" derived from it, etc. The sub-concept, that is, the specific regional and cultural location corresponding to the general geographical term "South", also needs to be further clarified. Among the many related discussions, only the poet-critic Zhong Ming is the only one, and few critics can compare with him in terms of depth of content and time span. Zhong Ming not only continued to analyze and research the issue of "Southern Poetry", but also wrote long articles one after another in the past two or three years, further developing and improving his theory of "Southern Poetry" in the changing historical context.
However, although Zhong Ming’s theory of “Southern Poetry” constitutes one of the most fascinating core concepts in poetry theory, this concept has always been complicatedly intertwined with Zhong Ming’s other views. , it can even be said that his theory of "Southern Poetry" can only be comprehensively and deeply understood if it is placed in the related concept group of Zhongming Poetry Review. Therefore, this article will use "Southern Poetry" as a catalyst to radiate other concepts, comprehensively and systematically explore Zhong Ming's poetry criticism, analyze its inner texture and unique logic, present Zhong Ming's complex understanding of the history of contemporary poetry and even the history of new poetry, and in this The concept system explains the unique connotation of his "Southern Poetry" theory.
The discussion of Zhong Ming's "Southern Poetry" is not mainly about examining whether the concept itself is reasonable and logically rigorous in academic research, but focuses on exploring Zhong Ming's problematic awareness behind the concept, and then asking, when "Southern Poetry" is used in different The period is awakened and resurrected by the ringing of the bell, hovering like a ghost in the inner space of the intertwined issues in the history of contemporary poetry