The dispute between Index Finger and Yu Xiuhua, the feelings of family and country and the mentality of the common people

Shizhi and Yu Xiuhua, one is the "originator of hazy poetry" in the contemporary poetry world and the first person in new wave poetry; the other is a cerebral palsy patient, grassroots farmer and a phenomenal "Internet celebrity female poet". The two people, who had no previous connection, were linked together due to a recent dispute and became the focus of public opinion.

On January 13, Shizhi criticized the popular poet Yu Xiuhua by name at the new book launch site, saying that her ideal life is to drink coffee, read books, chat, and have sex, and she is not interested in the fate of mankind and the motherland. Grand themes such as the future of the film and the suffering of farmers' lives were not mentioned; he also said that making Yu Xiuhua famous did not reflect the seriousness of the critics and was a "joke of history."

Subsequently, Yu Xiuhua published a blog post "Also to the index finger, not everyone has the ability to tell the truth" in response to the criticism, and fiercely refuted the index finger from multiple angles. She said that she had never found peasant life painful, and asked: "People yearn for pastoral life, why do they despise it?"

For those who like poetry, the debate between Index Finger and Yu Xiuhua is about which one is better. What is wrong cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. In my opinion, the theme of their debate is nothing more than whether, as a poet, he should look at his family and country and care about the world, or whether he should just look forward to his own "little luck" with a small-people mentality. In fact, there is no right or wrong answer to this question, and the answer may be very simple, that is, "If you are poor, you can benefit yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world."

Caring about the fate of mankind, the future of the country, and the suffering of the grassroots is indeed one of the missions that poets and even all literati should undertake. From this perspective, the index finger's point of view seems to be reasonable. Since ancient times, poets have always been the most affectionate group among the people.

Perhaps it is because most of the poets are sensitive, sentimental and brilliant in writing. For thousands of years, facing the broken mountains and rivers of their homeland, facing the displacement of foreign lands, and facing the continuous wars and wars, they have used their own hands to write poems. His pen and ink made a strong voice of concern for the country and the people of the times, and left behind many brilliant poems. Du Fu's "The country is broken by the mountains and rivers", Lu You's "I dare not forget about the country despite my humble position", Wang Changling's "Unless the Loulan is destroyed, I will never return it", Wen Tianxiang's "Keep your loyalty to illuminate the history", have been passed down through the ages, and contain the meaning contained in them. The feelings of family and country and the broad mind are still shining with dazzling luster.

However, as the saying goes, "poetry expresses ambition", the origin of poetry is mainly to record social life. In my opinion, as long as you have a good and positive heart, whether it is a call for concern for the country and the people, a tribute to life and love, or a record of the shortcomings and shortcomings of life, it should have its own meaning and value. In "The Book of Songs", there are not only the generous and heroic words of "How can I say that I have no clothes and my son is in the same robe" and "The king raised his army to repair my spear", but also the lingering lovesickness of "the gentle lady and the gentleman are fond of me" and "the so-called sweetheart is on the other side of the water". Later, Although the poet has nothing to do with the borders of his home country, he still sings and chants it for thousands of years.

To achieve great development and prosperity of culture, poetry also needs diversity and inclusiveness where a hundred flowers can bloom. Just as music requires both the elegance of spring and snow, and the vulgarity of lower-class people; the same goes for poetry, which requires both the index finger's feelings about home and country, and the Yu Xiuhua's mentality of a commoner. Du Fu and Lu You's concern for the country and the people are admirable and admirable, and Tao Yuanming and Meng Haoran's pastoral songs are also an enviable choice.

This is an era of dreams. Everyone has the right to chase their dreams, and everyone’s dreams deserve to be respected. Everyone has a dream and everyone pursues their dreams. Only then will the day come true for the entire nation. It is the small dream of each of us, even if it is a small-minded mentality, that collectively converges into the great Chinese dream of national rejuvenation. Family, country and world are Shizhi’s dream, and reading and chatting is not Yu Xiuhua’s dream.

Shizhi wants all poets to become "big men" who care about their family and country, but Yu Xiuhua is just a "little woman" who can only take care of herself. Living far away from the world, it is enough to be able to maintain the inner poetry after experiencing setbacks and even cruel life hardships, and still have beautiful longings and persistent dreams for the ordinary life that one yearns for. As Yu Xiuhua once said: "I never think about what poetry should be written or how to write it.

When I am worried about my personal life, I will not care about the country or mankind." "A person living well means that the society itself is good, and vice versa."