Peng Yanjiao's evaluation

Mr. Peng Yanjiao has extensive cultural accomplishment, and his pioneering exposition on the occurrence and development trend of modern world poetry in his poetic work "Talking about Poetry with Lights" is unparalleled in China so far. A large number of systematic translations of foreign poems edited and published by him are of pioneering significance in the history of China literature and culture, with long-term historical and cultural accumulation value and far-reaching influence. He cares about Hunan folk literature, and at the age of 83, he still writes long articles for the development of Hunan folk literature.

Mr. Peng Yanjiao is the poet with the strongest artistic creativity and pioneering spirit among the older generation of poets in China. For decades, he loved poetry and life, focused on artistic creation, and pursued "poetic life, poetic life". Compared with many contemporary poets, the publication of his works is not directly proportional to his creative achievements and reputation, but he is willing to be lonely and never hypes himself, and has won a high artistic reputation at home and abroad. At the age of 79, he published the epic "Chaos Begins". At the age of 80, even though he was overworked and seriously ill, he could still write a long poem "Five in One" in more than a month. In his creative career of more than 60 years, until he was 88 years old, he still maintained originality, vanguard and purity in thought and art, which impressed and amazed young avant-garde poets. This is unique in the history of China's new poetry and rare in the history of world poetry, so that some researchers put forward the proposition of "Peng Yanjiao phenomenon". As a master of China's contemporary literature, Peng Yanjiao's existence has greatly improved the taste and realm of Huxiang poetry and Xiangjun literature, and has been praised by critics as "Nanyue of China's new poetry".

Peng Yanjiao has always loved the party and the people for decades and has a clear political attitude. He is selfless and helpful, and has made many contributions to the cultural construction in China. He won universal respect from all walks of life such as literature, culture and education with his noble personality strength and outstanding artistic achievements. His death is not only the misfortune of his family, but also the misfortune of Xiangtan University, and it is also a great loss of Hunan literature and China literature.