I came quietly.
Like duckweed floating on the water.
I left quietly again.
Like a breeze blowing in the forest
Think of me whenever you like.
It's like thinking of a star on a summer night
You can forget me if you like.
It's like forgetting a spring dream.
The form and content of this poem are so perfect. Formally speaking, although it is a new poem, it has the essence of the old physical rhythm poem and is innovative at the same time. The whole poem consists of eight sentences, rhyming according to ABAC and DBDC, and the rhythm is harmonious and patchy, which can be described as a rare masterpiece in the new metrical poem. From the content point of view, the artistic conception described in this poem is beautiful, graceful without depression, lingering without losing openness. Affectionate, in a free and easy state of mind, like a thin plum, a light bamboo, swaying gently in the clear night of the moon. That kind of reluctant swaying is to say goodbye to friends? Or break up with your lover? It doesn't matter anymore. What is important is that it shakes out a graceful landscape and a femoral force, which inadvertently opens people's hearts and makes them unforgettable.
Who is Shen Ziman? From then on, I began to pay attention. The book is vague, and many modern literary works have not chosen this poem. 1984, I taught this to a modern literature teacher in Huazhong Normal University. His surname is Shen, but I don't know who Shen Ziman is. Later, I also saw that this poem was selected into two collections of modern poems, both of which said, "Shen Ziman, life is unknown." In May 1936, The Selected Poems and Songs of Modern Women Writers published by Shanghai Antique Bookstore included her poems. " It's a pity that I haven't read her other poems so far.
Recently, it was another accidental opportunity. In the brief introduction of scholar Shen Zufen, I found that Shen Zufen had used the pen name Ziman. Only then did I know that Shen Ziman, who wrote modern poems with unforgettable memories, turned out to be Shen Zufen, an old-style poet! She and her husband Cheng are both famous scholars in the university. They not only edited many weighty poems, but also wrote many excellent poems. This really surprised me, and at the same time made me realize that although the artistic form of new poetry mainly comes from learning from the west, it can learn a lot from China's traditional poetry. It can be said that it is the profound cultural background that has created such a great man as Shen Shi. I once said to a friend who wrote new poems: "People who write old poems can not read new poems, but those who write new poems must not read old poems." There should be some truth in this. Let me record a brief introduction of Shen Zufen. Maybe some friends have explored the mystery of Shen Ziman like me!
Shen Zufen (1909- 1977), female, has a prefix, and her pen names are Ziman and Jiang Yan. Haiyan, born in Suzhou, has been influenced by traditional culture since childhood. Since then, he has studied in Fan Kun Middle School and Nanyang Girls' Middle School. 1930 was admitted to the Business School of Shanghai Central University. One year later, he transferred to the College of Literature of Nanjing Central University to study. While writing poems and novels, he devoted himself to the study and research of classical literature. After the "September 18th Incident", I felt the national crisis and wrote a poem "Huanxisha": "The grass wins the tour every year, the mountains and rivers are still sighing, and the drums are full of thoughts. Whose is Yingge in March? One day, the wind is alone, and there is spring sorrow in the setting sun! " He was brilliant, wrote many famous poems and became a rare person through the ages. Dong Wang, a famous poet, commented on his works like this: "All the works are of high style and strong rhyme, and Feng Wei is famous. If it is on the earth, there is no such work in a thousand years. " He graduated from Central University in 34 years and was admitted to the National Studies Class of Jinling University. 1942 to 1946 taught at Jinling University and Huaxi University in Chengdu. After liberation, she taught in Jiangsu Normal University, Nanjing Normal University and Wuhan University. 1957 Husband Cheng was wrongly classified as Rightist. Suffered humiliation and suffering during the Cultural Revolution. 1977 died in a car accident in Wuchang in June. Shen Zufen's poems and articles are all written with the painstaking efforts of life, with deep style and noble realm, and are good at various styles. They are very beautiful in form, reflect the times in content, and achieve the harmonious unity of artistry and sociality. His long poem "Algae" was especially praised. Writer Shu Wu commented: "I don't know how many poetesss Li Qingzhao really went to the history of literature with literary achievements, but Shen Zufen is definitely one." In her later years, she untied herself and gave up poetry, and finally wrote Morning, which is an unprecedented masterpiece in the history of China's classical poetry. " Zubang is also good at novel creation, and short stories focus on historical themes, giving new ideas to old topics. His new poems emphasize tempering in freedom and have a unique charm. The study of his classical poems is full of insights, but the analysis of what people often do is not. He is the author of He Ci and Selected Works of Shen Zufen.