Chapter 15 The No. 1 Person in New Poetry: Guo Lusheng and "Believe in the Future"

Guo Lusheng, whose pen name is Index Finger. (1948-) Originally from Shandong, he was born in a cadre family in Beijing. The first person of new poetry in the "Cultural Revolution" opened the way for modernist poetry.His poems include "This is Beijing at 4:08", "Let's just forget about her", "Mad Dog", "Believe in the Future", "Fish School Trilogy" and so on. At 4:08 pm on December 20, 1968, a train slowly left Beijing Railway Station. Guo Lusheng was sitting on this train. Go to heaven and earth.At this historical moment, "a sea of ​​hands turned" and the train gradually accelerated in the rain of tears...

My heart suddenly aches, It must be the mother's button-stitching needle and thread piercing through the heart. At this time, my heart became a kite, The string of the kite is in the hands of the mother. The cord is too taut and will tear, I had to poke my head out of the compartment window. until then, I just realized what happened. ... I waved my arms to Beijing again, trying to grab her by the collar, ...at last caught something, No matter whose hand it is, it cannot be loosened, Because, this is my... last Beijing—— "This is Beijing at 4:08" Guo Lusheng's famous work is "Believe in the Future".

"Believe in the Future" was like "lightning" and quickly captured the hearts of young people at that time. When cobwebs ruthlessly seized my hearth, When the smoke of ashes sighs the sorrow of poverty, I stubbornly spread the ashes of disappointment, Write with beautiful snowflakes: Believe in the future! When my purple grapes turn into tears of late autumn, When my flowers nestle in someone else's arms, I still stubbornly look at the dew-condensed withered vines, Write on the desolate earth: Believe in the future! Yes!believe in future, This is the warmest arm,

yes!believe in future, This is the most charming color. What captures readers' hearts is not only the "unexpected" bold romanticism, but also the purity like autumn water.The poet is as transparent as crystal. Suddenly seeing such pure lines in a dirty and oppressive environment seems to be witnessing a miracle.The beautiful verses and the stubborn sincerity of children deeply moved the hearts of the young people. I'll point my finger--to the wave that rolls to the horizon, I'll use my fingers - the sea that holds up the sun, I flicker the dawn--the beautiful and warm pen-holder,

Write in a child's handwriting: Believe in the future! The reason why I firmly believe in the future, It is because I believe in the eyes of people in the future. They have the eyelashes to brush away the dust of history, They have pupils who can see through the chapters of the years. whatever they are to us The melancholy of being lost and the pain of failure Is to give moving tears, deep sympathy, Still give a contemptuous smile and a biting irony. I trust them, For our countless explorations, Be sure to give enthusiastic, fair and objective evaluation! Yes, I am anxiously awaiting their ratings!

When millions of educated young people are lying in the depths of the grass and secretly licking their wounds, when the old fanaticism is crushed by the cold reality, when the young people are desperately seeking a way out, this childlike metaphysical belief Even though they are very blind, they can still move and inspire them to fight on. Dear friend, believe in the future, Believe in unyielding efforts, Believe in the youth that conquers everything, Believe in an inexhaustible fighting spirit, Believe in the future, believe in life! The future must be bright, The future must be beautiful,

O life, always move forward! "Believe in the Future" is the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution" and "New Poetry".Its appearance has awakened a generation of young poets. "Believe in the Future" and its genius author Guo Lusheng could not have appeared out of thin air.All this can even be traced back to a generation of modernist poets who were active in the early 1960s: Zhang Langlang, Mou Dunbai, Dong Shabei, Guo Shiying and others. From 1965 to 1966, Guo Lusheng visited the Art Salon in Merton Bai's home.Its members are: Wang Dongbai, Gan Huili, Guo Daxun.Several people often get together to play the game of secretly writing poems.Drinking, no money, only cheap wine.The side dish is pickled vegetables. Once Dong Shabei brought a green radish and sharpened it with a pencil sharpener. Everyone ate it very deliciously.

Mou Dunbai had just come out of prison at that time, and he was the youngest in Guo Shiying's case.To find out the background of Merton White Salon at that time, it is necessary to understand the case of Guo Shiying and Guo Shiying.