Nakahara Chuuya: (April 29, 1907 - October 22, 1937) was a Japanese poet and translator. His original surname was Kashiwamura. His father was a military medical officer, Kashiwamura Kensuke. After marrying Nakahara Fuku, he became She married into a family in Zhongyuan, so she changed her name to Zhongyuan. He was regarded as a child prodigy when he was young, and in 1921 he was sent to the Jodo Shinshu temple to learn and practice. Due to his successful translation of the French literary poetry collection "Selected Poems of Rambo", he is also known as Japan's "Rambo" in China.
?In the third grade of junior high school, he transferred to Ritsumeikan Middle School in Kyoto and began to be exposed to French Impressionism and Dadaism (involving the importance of visual art, poetry, literature, drama and art design) school) and later graduated from the French Department of the Vocational School of Tokyo Foreign Studies School (now Tokyo University of Foreign Studies). He fell in love with actress Yasuko Hasegawa, who also had a deep relationship with Chuuya Nakahara's good friend Hideo Kobayashi.
In 1934, Nakaya published his first collection of poems, "Goat Song". His friend Xiaolin helped him promote it in the literary world.
?Died of tuberculous meninges in 1937, leaving behind more than 350 works, which gained widespread popularity after the surrender of World War II in 1945.
Zhongya had never held a formal job in his life, and mostly relied on his family’s financial support. However, before his death, Zhongya said to his mother: One day you will know that I am actually a filial son.
His major works include "The Song of the Goat" and "Song of the Past".
? "The Goat Song" the source of all tragedies
The origin of the Goat Song can be traced back to the annual celebrations held for sacrifices in ancient Greece. The Goat Song refers to During the sacrifice, dancing and singing around the goat also meant death and pain for the goat. This collection of poems shows the unavoidable heaviness and pain in life, and transforms it into the courage and strength of harmony and tranquility, washing and purifying the human soul through deep pain. This is what Nakahara Chuya's "Goat Song" contains significance. When the collection of poems was released, it was not favored at the time. The entire work of Chuuya Nakahara was praised by people after World War II. This had a lot to do with the background of defeat at that time, and it was also closely related to the psychological pursuit of the Japanese people after the war. Peace of mind is inextricably linked.