The background of the times in which Mu Dan lived, and Mu Dan s character evaluation

Mu dan. As early as the forties, he became the most popular young poet of the time, and his poems had a strong resonance among Shanghai poets. In the early forties, smell a lot.

When selecting "Modern Poems", eleven of his poems were selected, second only to Xu Zhimo in terms of quantity.

One song. At the beginning of 1948, Fang Yuchen's English translation of "Selected Modern Chinese Poetry".

Published in London, nine of Mudan's poems were selected and translated. In 1952, two of Mu Dan's poems were included in the American poet Hubert Creekmore's A Little Treasury of World Poetry, and the only other Chinese poet to be included in the selection was He Qifang.

The artistic style, poetic tradition, ideological tendency, and literary historical significance of Mudan's poems were discussed in depth by some poets and critics in the forties, and were introduced to the English-speaking literary world. Since the beginning of the fifties, Mu Dan has been hit by frequent political movements, and has been greatly devastated physically and mentally, and has been forced to disappear from the poetry scene and devote himself to the translation of foreign poetry, until his sudden death. It was only many years after Mu Dan's death that he was gradually re-recognized.

He was highly praised by people who published a collection of his poems and commemorative essays, and held a "Mudan Academic Symposium". He was even ranked first on the list of "Masters of Chinese Poetry of the Twentieth Century". This kind of unusualness is called the "Mudan phenomenon".

In The New Direction of Poetry, Yuan Kejia argues that Mu Dan "is one of the most energetic and probably farthest talents of this generation of poets", and this judgment now seems to be accurate. Yuan Kejia recalled the origin and development of the modern new poetry trend in the history of modern literature, and believed that "Mu Dan was standing at the forefront of the new poetry trend in the 40s, and he was one of the veritable standard-bearers." When it comes to the 'modernization' of lyrical mode and language arts, he has done it more thoroughly than anyone else."

However, Yuan also pointed out that this kind of "thoroughness" will inevitably bring a certain degree of stiffness and obscurity in some immature poems, so that his works cannot be understood and appreciated by more people today, and this is a lesson that we should learn. Wang Zuoliang.

He believes that "in any case, Mu Dan has arrived at the front of the Chinese poetry scene, with new poetic themes and new poetic languages, but critics and literary historians have been slow to approach him." Wang Zuoliang also talked about Mu Dan's poems in his later years, believing that after nearly 30 years of ups and downs, the poet still has that unparalleled poetic talent. He thinks that "Winter" can be placed among Mu Dan's best works.

Mu Dan's sense of salvation is very strong, "Once, when the society boycotted Japanese products, Mu Dan did not let his mother buy kelp and jellyfish skins to eat, because most of this kind of seafood was imported from Japan at that time. If he bought it, not only would he not eat a bite, but he would end up throwing it out. Therefore, even the uncles in the big family talked about Mu Dan being a red element, and let him score three points.

There is a point of light, a point of heat", since his youth, Lu Xun's words have become Mu Dan's favorite quotes.

When a person comes into the world, he always leaves footprints", it is said that this is what Mu Dan himself often said to others and himself.