Representing the development level of new poetry in the 1940s were the "July School" and the "Nine-leaf School".
The main achievement of the July School is poetry. The collection of poems "White Flower" published in 1981 includes the works of poets known as the "July School".
Use poetry as a weapon in battle, pursue the close integration of poetry with the times and the integration with the people, pursue the clear and unambiguous political tendency and the creative purpose of revolutionary utilitarianism in poetry, and The epic character of poetry is its unique creative attitude. Discovering and praising the vitality of the nation and expressing the distinct subjective fighting passion are the main contents of the "July School" poems. In art, he followed Ai Qing, tended to the prose culture of poetry, and contributed to the development of free-style poetry.
The "July School" was a literary school mainly active in the Kuomintang-controlled areas in the 1930s and 1940s. This is a literary genre with a distinctive style, but it is also a genre with mixed content and complicated styles.
The Nine-leaf School of Poetry first advocates the synthesis of "human literature", "people's literature" and "life literature" in terms of literary concepts. They oppose both the art theory that escapes reality and the utilitarianism that stifles art, and try to find a proper balance between reality and art.
Emphasizing the unity of reflecting reality and exploring the inner heart, the poems have a broad vision and a strong sense of the times, history and realistic spirit.
In art, he insists on opposing the romantic poetic style and is committed to the "modernization" construction of new poetry and the "revolution of sensibility", aiming to make new poetry a reality, a fusion of symbolism and metaphysics.