A small river This is a poem from Bing Xin's collection of poems "Spring Water" published more than 80 years ago. At that time, the poet was full of longing for a new spiritual life, naive and bitter.

) Happiness lies in constantly overcoming difficulties and forging ahead on the road of life. Only in this way will our Qin Chun shine with charming brilliance.

A small river will flow down smoothly, passing only thousands of miles of flat sand, free and silent, without any happy voice. A small river will flow down in twists and turns, only passing through high mountains and deep valleys, which are dangerous and frustrating, and there is no happy voice from him. my friend! Thank you for answering my long-tedious question. In the smooth and tortuous water, the joy of youth is rippling in it!

Introduction to the author of this paragraph

Bing Xin (October 5, 1900 - February 28, 1999) was 99 years old. She was born in Hengling Village, Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian. Her original name was Xie Wanying. , whose pen name is Bing Xin. It means "a piece of ice with a heart in a jade pot". Known as the "Old Man of the Century". Famous modern poet, writer, translator, and children's writer. He has served as the honorary chairman of the Central Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, honorary chairman and consultant of the Chinese Writers Association, and honorary director of the China Translators Association.

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This poem comes from the fifth chapter of "Spring Water".

The creative background of "Stars·Spring Water"

In 1913, her father Xie Baozhang went to the National Government in Beijing to serve as the Director of the Military Science Department of the Navy. Bing Xin moved to Beijing with her father and lived in Jianzi Lane in Tieshihutong. The next year, she entered Beiman Girls' High School. In 1918, she was promoted to the preparatory department of Concordia Women's University. Become a life-saving doctor. The rise of the New Culture Movement and the outbreak of the May 4th Movement made Bing Xin closely link her destiny with the rejuvenation of the nation. She devoted herself wholeheartedly to the trend of the times and was elected as secretary of the university student union, and therefore participated in the work of the publicity unit of the Beijing Federation of Women Academics. Under the agitation of the patriotic student movement, she published her first essay "Reflections on the 21st Hearing" and her first novel "Two Families" in the "Morning Post" in August 1919. The latter used the pen name "Bing Xin" for the first time. Because the work directly involves major social issues, it quickly has an impact. Bing Xin said that it was the thunder of the May Fourth Movement that "shocked" her onto the path of writing. The "problem novels" written after that, such as "The Man Is Alone and Haggard", "Going to the Country", "Autumn Wind and Autumn Rain, Sorrowful", highlighted the destruction of human nature by feudal families, the fierce conflict between two generations in the new world, and the The warlords' melee brought suffering to the people. During this period, Union Women's University merged into Yenching University, and Bing Xin joined the then famous Literature Research Society as a young student. He joined the Literary Research Association in 1921. At this time, most of his works revolved around the three themes of maternal love, childlike innocence and nature, which formed the core of Bing Xin's thought, the "philosophy of love." His representative works include "Superman", "Bored", "Stars", "Spring Water", etc.