Ai Qing's poetry inherits the fine tradition of the May 4th New Literature with its close combination with reality and full of fighting spirit, and has become an important achievement in the development of new poetry with its exquisite and innovative artistic style.
Personality assessment
Ai Qing, as the "greatest singer", asked himself that writing has become his way of life, whether in the war-torn era or after liberation. He said: "I am always eager to create. Every day I wake up before dawn like a farmer. As soon as I woke up, I was thinking about the characters in my poems and the language I should use, and how to improve my works.
Even when I eat, even when I walk. "A poet, always eager to write, insisted on writing, deeply touched the younger generation like me as a writer, and also showed us a writer's eternal love for literature. (Tie Ning Review)