Since the birth of the poetic concept of 1980, a large number of obscure poems named after and related to obscure poems have been published in China publishing circles. Among them, The Misty Poems, with the earliest publication year, the largest number of publications, the largest number of reprints, the best evaluation by readers, the widest social influence, the highest literary value and the longest sales time, was edited by Yan Yuejun, Gao Yan, Liang Yun and Gu Fang, female students of Chinese Department of Liaoning University, and published by Feng Chun Literature and Art Publishing House.
Comparing the three versions of Selected Misty Poems, we will find that the 1985 version is very important. Compared with the 1982 version, the 1985 version has more additions and deletions. However, in the 2002 edition, there was little change, except for the poems of forefinger (18) and Duoduo (22). It can be seen that the 1985 edition of Selected Misty Poems is a stable anthology. For this difference, on the one hand, we need to examine it in its specific historical context, on the other hand, we should also pay attention to the ideographic way of compiling its anthology.
Obscure poetry rose in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which is a new artistic trend of poetry with the overall recovery of literature.