2. Writing background: Ai Qing's works generally describe symbolic things such as the sun, torches and dawn, showing Ai Qing's hatred of darkness and terror in the old society and his yearning and pursuit of dawn, light and hope. Ai Qing, starting from his love for rural working people and approaching their demands, has been presenting his most authentic poems to them for more than ten years.
2. Ai Qing's version of Hope is as follows:
Dream friend
Fantasy sisters
That's my own shadow.
But always walk in front of yourself.
As invisible as light.
As unstable as the wind.
There is always a distance between her and you.
Like a bird outside the window.
Like clouds in the sky
Like a butterfly by the river
Cunning and beautiful.
You go up, she flies.
If you ignore her, she will kick you out.
She will always be with you.
Until you stop breathing.