It is the spring water of stars. "Stars" is a collection of poems, consisting of 164 short poems. Bing Xin believed in the "philosophy of love" throughout her life. She believed that "with love, there is everything."
In "Stars", she constantly sang hymns of love. What she is most passionate about praising is maternal love. In addition to loving her parents, Bing Xin also values ??brotherhood. She loved her three younger brothers. In an essay she later wrote, "To Little Readers: Newsletter Thirteen," she also compared her three younger brothers to three bright stars.
Creative background
"Stars" and "Spring Water" are the fusion of Bing Xin's flashes of inspiration in the process of exploring life. They contain her knowledge and understanding of the true meaning of life, including With rich philosophy. Capturing the flash of inspiration and condensing it into short poems, these are "Stars" and "Spring Water". Later, it was published in the "New Literature and Art" column of "Morning Post" and compiled into "Stars" and "Spring Water", which were published successively in 1923.
These more than 300 untitled aphorism-style free-style poems use natural and harmonious tones to express the author's feelings about natural scenery and thoughts on the philosophy of life, praising maternal love, human love and nature. It is short in length, clear in writing, and meaningful in meaning. It shows the unique thoughts, feelings and aesthetic consciousness of female writers. It is unique and very influential in the new poetry circle of the "May 4th". Mao Dun said: "A piece of ice is at peace in the heart, and childishness will last forever."
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