君子不器
This is a pic of poet Wen Yi-duo taken while he was studying art in Chicago in the early-1920s, at approximately the time he was writing his famous collection Red Candle 《紅燭》. As some readers may know, Wen was murdered before the eyes of his son by Kuomintang thugs in 1946. A tragic loss because…
Jintian《今天》 闻一多的生态诗观与中国诗歌的现代性
Sze > “On Wen Yiduo” Wen Yiduo (1899 – 1946) is a crucial poet in early twentieth century Chinese poetry. Although he had enormous erudition and knowledge of classical Chinese literature, Wen Yiduo chose to write in the vernacular. Although he only published two volumes of poetry—Red Candle in 1923 and Dead Water in 1928—many…