The Writing Background of Shu Ting's Oak

Writing background: 1975, Cai Qijiao, an old returned overseas Chinese poet who once gave her great help in writing, visited Gulangyu Island. One night, while Shu Ting was walking with him, Cai Qijiao told her about the girls she met in her life. It's bold to talk openly about the girl you liked in the 1970s.

Cai Qijiao said that there are beautiful girls, but no talent; Talented girls are not beautiful; Beautiful, talented and fierce, he found it difficult to find a perfect girl. Shu Ting said that at that time, she was very angry after listening to it and felt that this was male chauvinism and that men and women should be equal.

So that evening, she wrote a poem "Oak Tree" and gave it to Cai Qijiao. Later, when it was published, it was changed to To Oak. "In fact, oak trees in the south can never grow with kapok trees. In this poem, they are used as references for men and women. " She added.

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The whole poem sincerely confesses the "Oak Tree" with the lyric subject "Kapok", personalizing and spiritualizing them, so that these two central images shine with ideological and aesthetic light from the outside to the inside. Kapok can be understood as a symbol of the beauty of modern women full of youth, softness and rigidity, and also as an impassioned, rich emotion and unique deep personality.

Oak shows a masculine temperament, which is a symbol of stalwart and strong character. With this unique and exquisite image as the symbolic core, this poem naturally breaks away from the concrete and limited form and has rich connotations.

It can be regarded as equal and sincere love between men and women, and it can also be understood as intimate, equal and harmonious interpersonal relationship. The poet skillfully used the confession of "kapok" to derive and combine a series of concrete images with rich contents.

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