During the past ten or more years, several generations of Chinese have been tumbled together as if society were a huge ocean wave. Social upheaval, suffering and the beast-like ruthless trampling disturbed our peaceful life. The path of our nation became bumpy. With her sensitive feelings, she helplessly tasted to the full bitterness of life. The political lyric faces even more new tests.
People are tired, and their consciences are tired.
Our society spent too much energy during the big storm, and exhaustion and inertness are spreading everywhere. China must move toward modernization. Poetry is a lyric form which directly expresses both the grand macrocosm and the smallest details of the spirit of our nation and of the times. The political lyric should be the most sensitive nerve of society. Today, poets should think as well as a philosopher and act as bravely as an explorer.