On The Poet: Xiaohong

In modern Chinese literary history, Xiao Hong is mainly famous for her unique style of novels and prose.Many of her works are full of "poetic flavor" and have been called the "poetic fiction" or "poetic prose", and thus aroused special attention and interest of researchers. However, the common readers know little about her poetry. In addition to novels and prose, Xiao Hong also wrote a small amount of poetry. Moreover, Xiao Hong's first involvement in literary creation is poetry; her literary work published earliest is also poetry, not novels or prose.It should be said that poetry-writing is the first important step for Xiao Hong to go on the road of literature.Her unique artistic features, style and poetic art shown in her later writing have been displayed in her poems. However, many researchers have overlooked her poetry. Compared with researches on her novels and prose,the study of her poetry is somewhat poor, and the existing research results are not intensive enough. First and foremost, Xiao Hong is a poet. Though small in quantities, her poems are also worth researching. Begin with the study of her poems, compared with other poets similar to her in style and art, such as Bing Xing, the Lake Poets in the 1920s,and Lin Huiyin in the late 1930s, we can see the distinctive artistic features and aesthetic style of Xiao Hong's poetry.Based on personal experience and sincere feelings on life,Xiao Hong's poems are the songs of praise for life in her heart with the natural and gloomy beauty.By researching her poetry, we can discern her great mind, taste her rich and generous feelings, appreciate her unique artistic style, and listen respectfully to the beating sound of her poet-like heart's enthusiasm and hope for life.