内容简介
ThepoetwhonamedhimselfAiQinghadbeenwritingpoetryforhalfacentury;butintheperiodofproductivity,abreakofsometwentyyearsoccurred.Hefirstmadehismarkwithacollectionpublishedin1936,whenhewas26yearsold.Hehadbeenmakinghispoetriespublisheduntiltheyearof1957.ThepoetryofAiQingisabouttime-honoredthemes:abeggarwomanbythesideoftheroad;theselflessloveanddevotionofahiredwet-nurse;thesenseofdesolationthataccompaniesaheavysnowfall-particularlywiththeassociationsofdeathinthecolorwhitefortheChinese.