"Tiangou" is a famous sentence in Guo Moruo's first poetry collection "Goddess", which was first published on February 7 1920 in Shanghai News of Current Affairs.
The May 4th Movement brought new breath and vitality to China society. Old morality, old ethics, autocratic politics and all feudal idols have been violently attacked and criticized, while new things, new ideas, new cultures and all the requirements of progress have been enthusiastically advocated and praised.
Advocating scientific democracy, striving for independence and freedom, publicizing individual consciousness, pursuing individual liberation, and demanding to transform the old society and build a new society have become the strong voice of the times. At that time, the poet was studying in Japan. Although he is in a foreign country, he is always concerned about the fate of his motherland.
The news of the May 4th Movement greatly inspired the poet's spirit. The poet's patriotic enthusiasm accumulated for a long time and his pent-up strong desire for personal liberation, national liberation and social liberation boil and burn like a volcanic eruption. Thus, "poetry creation broke out in the second half of 19 19 and the first half of 192 1 year" (ten years of creation). A number of passionate poems, such as Phoenix Nirvana, Coal in the Furnace, The Earth, My Mother, Good Morning, Ode to a Gangster, etc. , were born in this particular historical stage. Tiangou is also one of the outstanding masterpieces.