How to understand Zhang Zao's Byakki Smoker?
This is a poem that floats in the air but will not leave us. One evening in late autumn or early winter this year (1984), Zhang Zao came to my house eagerly and brightly with two newly written poems, Byakki Smoker and Who Is He. At that time, he was not sure about himself in the mirror, but he was confident in who he was. He never thought that these two poems were masterpieces of his early poems and would establish his position as a great poet. Zhang Zao is a native of Hunan. He likes to call himself a native of Hunan. Hunan people have been known for their tenacity since modern times. He claims to be from Hunan, so you can see his toughness. We can learn a thing or two from his letters to his good friends: however, we must be tough, and there is nothing more valuable in the world than toughness! One day, after watching a commemorative film of Pound, he said, "I swear, I will never write sentimental poems again!" " "Tears welled up in my eyes. He loves poetry and thinks highly of himself. He said in "The 1980s was an All-encompassing Ideal" that "I was young and arrogant at that time, and I wrote a poem and left it on the ground". However, this Hunan native has a wonderful tension-lightness and tenacity-which he was born with. The mirror can best reflect the balance of this pair of forces-both rigidity and softness-on him, but it is such a Hunan person who said that he would cross out the "emperor" when discussing his own poems. The whole poem is completely transformed from the word "emperor". Zhang Zao's contemporary poets generally have relaxed characteristics. In the closed and depressed political and cultural environment, a large number of poets are looking for something lighter, "in order to cross the denser and heavier existence." However, when expressing his relaxation, Zhang Zao said: I especially want to write a poem that is very emotional and thoughtful. Meditation without boredom is really like apple juice, with its death and thoughts, but it will always be an apple.