Chapter 17 The First Person of Formal Revolution: Yiqun

After Guo Lusheng, the well-known poet who emerged in the New Poetry Movement was Yiqun, who made a bold leap forward in the form of poetry. Yiqun (Qi Yun), a third-year student in Beijing No. 5 Middle School.At that time, he not only wrote poems but also wrote movie scripts. His masterpieces were "In Memory of the Paris Commune", "Chang'an Street", "You Are So Sad" and so on. In 1971, officials held a grand event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Paris Commune, which attracted the attention of Sun Kang (Fang Han) from Beijing No. 35 Middle School who was jumping in line at Baiyangdian at that time.After going to the countryside, Sun Kang insisted on writing poetry, so he wrote a long political poem "Sing Go On, Battle Hymn of the Proletariat—Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Paris Commune" with a length of more than 100 lines.The poem was written after the failure of the Paris Commune, describing the members' wall, reviewing the birth of the Internationale, remembering Eugène Pottier, looking at the international situation, and then returning to the reality of China, the important task of opposing revisionism and preventing revisionism.

The long poem is filled with sorrow: "Twilight surrounds Lachaise - this last Paris".This sentence, all educated youth readers, clearly refers to Beijing after the ebb of the Red Guard Movement in 1968. "You are the storm, you are the lightning. Although you finally disappeared into the darkness, that's enough! Enough! Enough!...Your blood turned into flowers in May..." These verses reveal the love for the Red Guards movement Deeply missed and unyielding will. "Battle Hymn" is actually an echo of the romantic poetry of the Red Guards in 1968.The poem spread among educated youth circles in Beijing, and soon spread throughout the country.

Sing it on, the battle song of the proletariat - commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Paris Commune, including 1971 The beautiful sunset is soaked with the blood of slaves, Proudly gone, Evening surrounds Lachaise— This is the last Paris. finally in the smoke of mercy The shameless banner of Thiers was hoisted. what!Lachaise - Immortal Paris Yes, the gunshots are silent from here The psalm breaks— But that's just the prelude. After this great prelude, tragic symphony will pass through a century. what!Lachaise - Revolutionary Paris You are the storm, you are the lightning

Although finally disappeared in the dark. But that's enough!enough!enough! Your epoch-making flash, opened up a whole century. what!Lachaise - Noble Paris The singer sleeps in the depths of you. A century has passed, Full of blood turned into flowers in May, Open in the yellow, black, and white kingdom. Today, evening came again, Paris lifted its golden crown, The Seine is sprinkled with plain garlands, In Lachaise - On a shaded path in the woods rise slowly That tragic song: "Internaxonal must come true!" This poem spread to Xu Haoyuan Salon, and at the same time brought people's praises for this poem.All this aroused Yiqun's dissatisfaction.Yiqun believed that after Sun Kang went to the countryside, he still stood in the perspective of the "Cultural Revolution" and sang the old songs of the Red Guards.To this end, he wrote "Remembrance of the Paris Commune" in a targeted manner.

Commemorating the Paris Commune (Yiqun 1971) The gunshots of the slaves turned into tragic notes a century falls on the coffin lid like falling mud paris my saint paris You are like drops of blood, like petals Pasted on the forehead of the earth blue dawn is dead Leaving the morning glow in a pool of blood You are not for tomorrow's bread but for the evergreen fig tree for everlasting love to the knight with the golden crown Raise the lonely sword The significance of this poem lies not in its rebellious content, but in its use of modernist form.This form itself reflects a more thorough abandonment of the politics and ideology of the "Cultural Revolution". The "Paris Commune" is obviously a synonym for the "Red Guard Movement".If the metaphors of "Dawn is Dead" and "Knight Wearing a Golden Crown" also involve the politics of the "Cultural Revolution", then "it is not for tomorrow's bread" but "for eternal love" and "holding up the lonely sword", here The idea that art replaces politics contained in it has completed the transcendence of the "Cultural Revolution" discourse.

Yiqun's poems became the cornerstone for the educated youth salon to bid farewell to the discourse of the Red Guards and move forward to the discourse of educated youth.It promoted the modernist turn of Salon poetry and influenced a group of Salon poets.Afterwards, Salon poetry began a series of bold attempts of modernism. Duoduo later compared Yiqun with Guo Lusheng, saying: Yiqun puts more emphasis on imagery, and his influences are mainly from Europe, and his language is more condensed than Guo Lusheng.Duoduo believes that Yiqun is "the first person in the formal revolution".Just judging from the content of the above poem, it does not belong to the category of "underground poetry", because its "revolutionary" is beyond doubt.The reason why this poem could not be published at that time lies in the form of this poem.Any form of revolution was not allowed at that time, and it was an act of "class alienation".Yiqun's "formal revolution" (albeit limited) did reveal a generation of literary youths who harbored a rebellious character against "Queen's Literature".

Yiqun's pursuit of new forms at that time had a wide impact. Of course, today it seems that he has not surpassed the old forms of poetry.