The long poem "One and Eight" is one of the most famous poems of the poet Guo Xiaochuan, and it is also one of the most famous poems in the history of contemporary literature in China. In the anti-rightist struggle in 1950s, Guo Xiaochuan boldly wrote the story of nine condemned prisoners "One and Eight": an wronged party member was sentenced to death, and he was locked up with eight condemned prisoners, including bandit leaders and drug addicts. He infected other eight condemned prisoners with his words and deeds. Finally, except for the poisoner who was shot, the other seven death row inmates started the anti-Japanese struggle together with the wronged party member. They did evil in the past, but in the face of the Japanese invaders, they showed admirable courage and fought to the death with their own lives.
Guo Xiaochuan's long poem "One and Eight" was written and posted in literary magazines all over the country, but in the special historical period at that time, no magazine dared to publish it. Today, the long poem "One and Eight" has already become a classic in the history of contemporary literature in China, and it has also had a great influence on the development of China film art.