This is He Qifang's famous work. It was written at Peking University in the autumn of 1931. It is the first chapter in the collection of poems "Prophecy". Through symbolic image description, the poem creates an image of a brave and enterprising warrior who dares to bravely charge into the dark and dangerous old world - the "young god", which is in sharp contrast to the timid lyrical protagonist "I". And it inspires the lyrical master to follow him, thus revealing the poet's inner contradiction in facing the dark reality and pursuing the goal of life, expressing a strong curse on the old world, and a sincere admiration for the brave and enterprising spirit that is not afraid of the sinister darkness. praise. The "young god in the prophecy" and the lyrical protagonist "I" in the poem are actually two aspects of the poet's inner conflict. The poem uses an objective method to make a profound and touching analysis.
The artistic attainments of this poem are extremely high: the poet skillfully imbues his own ambivalent mentality into the dependent "characters" to give a clear and touching outline, which not only reveals the poet's two thoughts The oppositional struggle between realms shows its dominant emotional tendency, and also vividly outlines the social environment, life experience and emotional changes of the characters' activities, and expresses it in the form of second-person affectionate talk, showing the finely knitted and densely knitted emotions. The seamless and rigorous structure and smooth melody, combined with rich imagination, colorful comparisons, rich symbols and exquisite descriptions, and the rendering of harmonious and smooth rhymes and rhythms like flowing clouds and flowing water, make the real inner conflicts and euphemistic and implicit thoughts and emotions Expressed vividly and vividly, it deeply moves, inspires and inspires people! Regardless of the artistic height reached in the perfect combination of romanticism and symbolism, or the exquisiteness of its conception, the richness and complexity of emotions, the interweaving of contradictions, the leaps of poetry, and the beauty of the melody, it has become the most beautiful in the history of Chinese new poetry. One of the moving poems, it has become an eternal masterpiece in the creation of new poems.
This poem has reached a mature state in poetic art, coupled with its positive and healthy ideological connotations. There are few poems in the history of Chinese new poetry that can match it. It is no exaggeration to say that it is popular, pleasing to the eye and exciting.
Professor Zhang Zizhong of Wuhan University interpreted He Qifang's "Prophecy" as the confusion and loss of the poet's pursuit of love. This is obviously superficial and incorrect, and it obliterates the critical significance and positive spirit of the work. , and also greatly reduces the cognitive value and aesthetic value of the work.
The poem "Prophecy" is the title of the collection of poems, which shows the profound meaning of "the clear meaning of the beginning": the footsteps of bravely breaking through one's own small world and moving forward in "Prophecy" vividly summarizes the purpose of the entire collection of poems. spirit, which sets the positive and forward tone of the entire collection of poems. The fact that the poet later rushed to Yan'an shows that it is indeed a "prophecy" for the poet to move towards his revolutionary ideal.