Yu Guangzhong, a name and a legend. He is a master of Taiwan Province literature and a world-renowned cultural ambassador. His poems are full of thoughts and feelings about life, nature and humanity, and he is known as "the interlocutor between poetry and life". His works are deeply loved by readers, and he is also the first teacher for many literary lovers. Today, we will explore Yu Guangzhong's poetic world together and feel the beauty of his poems together.
Understand Yu Guangzhong
Yu Guangzhong, 1930, a native of Hunan, China, went to Taiwan Province in the early 1950s. He once taught in the Chinese Department and Chinese Department of Taiwan Province Provincial University, then immigrated to the United States and taught at the University of California, Berkeley. His poetry has a unique style, which combines elements of eastern philosophy and western modernism, and is deeply loved by literary circles and readers. His masterpieces include Oxford Street, Notes on Mountain Residence and The Sonnets.
Reading Yu Guangzhong's Poems
Yu Guangzhong's poems are full of thoughts and feelings about life, nature and humanity. His poetry is not only an art form, but also an attitude towards life and philosophical thinking. The following is the appreciation of several representative works.
Oxford street
Oxford Street is a famous street in central London. Yu Guangzhong spent his youth here and wrote this famous poem.
"The night on Oxford Street is like a deep sea,/silent, vast and boundless."
This poem is full of imagination and perception of city night. The poet vividly expressed the atmosphere and emotion of the city at night with profound metaphor and delicate brushwork. After reading this poem, you seem to feel the tranquility and beauty of Oxford Street at night.
Shanju notes
Yu Guangzhong's Notes on Mountain Residence is a collection of essays, which contains many beautiful poems. The following is one of the poems:
"There is a road in the mountains, I don't know where it is./I always walk when I meet Pingchuan./It's hard to walk where I live. Don't give up easily."
This poem is full of thoughts and revelations about life. The poet compares the road in the mountains to the road of life, telling us that life is full of unknowns and difficulties, but we can't give up easily. We must bravely move forward and find our own home.