On August 28, 1921, Guo Moruo's collection of poems "The Goddess" was born, and a total of 56 new poems were included.

This is the first appearance of Creation Society. This set of Creation Society books also includes Yu Dafu's collection of novels published later and "The Troubles of the Young Witt" translated by Guo Moruo.

"The Goddess" quickly gained the love of progressive youth with its free and unrestrained romantic sentiment, causing shock in the new poetry world.

It creates a vibrant and unrestrained free verse.

The spirit of the times in "Goddess" is first manifested as a strong desire to break through feudal barriers and completely destroy and sweep the old world.

This emotion is consistent with the great trend of liberation of the May Fourth Movement and has won praise and praise from many supporters of new literature.

The great success of "The Goddess" is inevitably compared with Lin Zixuan's poems.

As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts.

Whether in Peking or Shanghai, as long as you discuss new poetry or "Goddess", you will analyze and compare the poems of Guo Moruo and Lin Zixuan.

Some people who support Lin Zixuan believe that Lin Zixuan's poetry has diverse styles and is more literary and artistic.

There are also those who support Guo Moruo, thinking that this is the voice needed in the new era. We don’t need any love, we need the horn of fighting.

The more neutral ones believe that both of them are the pioneers of new poetry and have their own characteristics.

Some people also analyzed the educational backgrounds of the two that Lin Zixuan studied in the United States and Guo Moruo studied in Japan, which led to the reasons why the two people wrote different poems.

Lin Zixuan naturally saw the commentary article, and he was calm and had no reaction.

However, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind stops, and others will not think so.

Just when Lin Zixuan was busy setting up a film company, his sister Lin Xiaoling was angry and brought him a newspaper.

This is a supplement to the "Current Affairs News".

The "Current Affairs News" was founded on May 18, 1911 by famous publishers Zhang Yuanji, Gao Mengdan and others. It was formed by the merger of the two tabloids "Current Affairs News" and "Public Opinion Daily".

It was a newspaper of the reformist bourgeoisie, which promoted constitutional politics, and after the Xinhai Revolution, it became a newspaper of the Progressive Party.

On March 4, 1918, Shanghai's "Current Affairs News" added the supplement "Xuelantern" issue.

The main content of "Learning Lamp" in the early stage was to comment on school education and youth cultivation, and the main purpose was to promote education and instill culture.

Together with the "Morning Post" of Peking Morning Post, the supplement "Awakening" of Shanghai "Republic of China Daily", and the "Beijing News" of Beijing News, the "Beijing News" of Peking, it is known as the famous "Four Major Supplements" in the New Culture.

It is one of the important positions for new literary and artistic creation during the May Fourth period.

Lin Xiaoling was so angry because "Learning Lamp" published an article by Guo Moruo, which targeted her brother's poems.

Since she learned that her brother had written a new poem, Lin Xiaoling has become an admirer of her brother. It is her unshirkable responsibility to maintain her brother's dignity.

She was particularly concerned about the debate on the new poetry.

I was happy to see those who praised my brother, and scolded those who belittled my brother. I even found a small notebook to write down those who belittled Lin Zixuan and wrote a report in front of Lin Zixuan.

Lin Zixuan was speechless about this, and it was not easy to hit his sister's enthusiasm, so he had to let it go.

He picked up "Learn from the Lamp" and saw Guo Moruo's article.

After browsing, I roughly understood what Guo Moruo meant, and this person mainly wrote three points.

First, Guo Moruo explained that the poem "The Goddess" was written by him in recent years, and this time he was compiled and published together.

He mentioned the writing time of Hu Shi's "Test Collection" and Lin Zixuan's poems. Hu Shi's "Test Collection" was published in 1920, while Lin Zixuan's poems were written in 1921.

His new poems began to be written in 1919, but they have been rarely published.

Hu Shi's "Test Collection" can only be said to be the first to write new poetry in vernacular Chinese, and there is really nothing to say about literature.

For example, one of the poems called "Butterfly".

"Two yellow butterflies flew into the sky. For some reason, one suddenly flew away. The one left was so lonely that it was pitiful. He had no intention of going to heaven. The sky was too lonely."

I really don’t know what to say, but who made people set a precedent?

Moreover, it is said that Hu Shi has been creating "Test Collection" since 1916.

Guo Moruo’s meaning is very obvious. Even if my poetry creation is not as early as Hu Shi, it is still earlier than Lin Zixuan’s. Even if I am not the founder of new poetry, I am also the founder of new poetry.

This is a rebuttal that some people say that Lin Zixuan is the founder of the new poetry and Guo Moruo is just a follower.

Secondly, he believed that Lin Zixuan's poetry was too petty-bourgeois. In this era of great change, what we needed was a storm, not a slanting wind and drizzle.

Lin Zixuan's poems have no power of change and will sooner or later be abandoned by the world.

He directly ignored Lin Zixuan's "A Generation". Although "A Generation" only has two sentences, it is thought-provoking.

Third, Lin Zixuan's poems are still bound by old style poetry in form, not free enough, and not completely liberated.

The complete liberation that Guo Moruo mentioned refers to his free verse style, which does not require rhythm or rhyme, but only requires the eruption of emotions, yelling loudly, and venting. This is the freedom he advocates.

In some ways, such poetry does have inspiring power.

But this freedom lacks the constraints it should have. It is free and casual, and the style of speech always seems straightforward and straightforward, and it is clear at a glance.

This excessive directness and brightness not only makes the poem itself lack the proper artistic conception and abundant and profound emotions, but also loses the beauty of the poem from its overall composition.

Therefore, not everyone is suitable for Guo Moruo's free verse style.

Lin Zixuan was not surprised by Guo Moruo's article. Guo Moruo is a good person and likes to compete for these things.

On October 10, 1920, the supplement of "Xued Lantern" was published in the "Double Tenth Festival Supplement".

He published in turn "The Mold of the World" translated by Zhou Zuoren, Lu Xun's novel "The Story of Hair", Guo Moruo's historical drama "The Flower of Tang Di", and Zheng Zhenduo's translation of "The God Man".

"The Flower of Tangdi" is ranked after Zhou Zuoren and Luxun, and Guo Mo is so big that he is in a big way.

So, he wrote to Li Shichen, the editor-in-chief of "Learn the Lamp", saying that the creation is a "virgin" and the translation is a "matchmaker", and the latter cannot be placed above the former.

This is an ostensibly fighting for status for creation, but in fact it is a ostensible struggle for status in the literary world.

It would be strange if he didn't argue with the title of founder of new poetry.

Lin Xiaoling felt depressed when she saw her brother's indifferent appearance. She pestered her brother and asked Lin Zixuan to strike back, leaving Guo Mo speechless.
Chapter completed!