192 1 year, Xu zhimo met Dickinson. In April and May, after Dickinson's introduction, he went to the Royal College of Cambridge University as a special student, studied politics with Professor Raiski, and planned to study for a doctorate. Before becoming a poet, Zhimo's ideal was to become a politician. At that time, Xu Zhimo wanted to go to Cambridge to find Rousseau, a famous British philosopher and politician. Rousseau was called "Liang Qichao" by Xu Zhimo. He came to Cambridge to find his political ideal. Influenced by English romantic poetry and western literature in the19th century, and due to his personal emotional temperament, he began to take an interest in literature and create new poems, and then embarked on the road of romantic poets. Cambridge's beautiful natural environment, free academic atmosphere, leisurely lifestyle and popular political thoughts all had a great influence on him. "Cambridge" is the highlight of his short life and the turning point of his brilliant life. It is these two years of Cambridge life that condensed into an unusual "Cambridge complex" in Xu Zhimo's life.
Cambridge life:
Cambridge University is not the name of a university. In fact, there are twenty or thirty universities in Cambridge, and Cambridge University is the collective name of these universities. The most famous are King's University, Queen's University and St George's University. The "Cambridge" in Xu Zhimo's life is actually in Cambridge in the southeast of England.
Cambridge was the open place and habitat of his soul, and the happiest time in Xu Zhimo's short life. He once wrote: "I really enjoy my life in Cambridge, and I'm afraid I'll never get such a sweet opportunity again in my life." I can't say how much knowledge Cambridge has given me and what it has taught me. I dare not say that after being baptized in Cambridge, a person will change his breath and take off his tires. I dare say-personally, Cambridge has taught me to broaden my horizons, my thirst for knowledge has been moved by Cambridge, and my self-awareness has been given to me by Cambridge. "Cambridge can be said to be an important life post for Zhimo, and it is also a major turning point in his life. This is a milestone in his academic progress, and it is also an emotional monument for him to end his marriage with Zhang Youyi and find true love. Here, he tasted the taste of heaven and hell, but he deeply realized that "love is the first cause in life." Without the freedom of love in life, there will be no other freedom. "
Cambridge complex:
1June 920 to 19221October, the poet studied in Cambridge. He was born in the prime of his life, where he was baptized by literature. "My vision was opened by Cambridge, my thirst for knowledge was touched by Cambridge, and my self-awareness was given to me by Cambridge." Because, here he began to step into the literary palace. The combination of emotional loneliness and beautiful scenery, the pursuit of personality and the difficulty of reality have made Xu Zhimo precipitate many literary thoughts in He Kang's dreamlike realm. He said: Before Cambridge, he was far less interested in poetry than in relativity or civil contract theory. It was the He Kang River that opened the poet's soul and awakened his long-dormant fate.
As a famous bourgeois gentleman poet in the history of modern literature in China, his persistent pursuit of love, his pure humanitarian feelings of advocating freedom, equality and fraternity, and his spirit of pursuing the true meaning of life are amazing. This is only one aspect of encouraging people to make progress, and it also embodies the spirit of the May 4th Movement. He fully realized in the natural scenery of Cambridge: "The unhappiness in life is mostly due to self-help." "Entering the WTO is like a day, and it is a day away from nature." "In order to cure our present life, as long as we don't completely forget nature, our' root cause' has hope of relief." Therefore, it is precisely because of the natural beauty of Cambridge, because the author lost his dream here, and because of his love for nature, life and life that Cambridge is inseparable. Cambridge is full of the ancient, quiet and trance atmosphere that romantic poets need, and it is a place where poets live "truly happy". How can it not solidify into a "Cambridge complex" that poets can't solve? What's more, after leaving Cambridge, the feeling of life is by no means as quiet as Cambridge, but running for a living all day, which increases the poet's constant pursuit of Cambridge dreams. This may be the reason why the "Cambridge complex" will always accompany you!
During this period of studying abroad, especially the beautiful natural scenery of Cambridge, he was deeply impressed. He said, "Listening to the sound of running water under the starlight, listening to the bells near the village and listening to the sound of cattle grass by the river, this is the most mysterious time in my Cambridge experience: the beauty, tranquility and harmony of nature, in the tacit understanding between the starlight and the waves, unexpectedly drowned your soul." (Cambridge as I Know It) To this end, on the eve of his departure for home on August 1922, he wrote a poem "Goodbye Cambridge" to express his attachment to Cambridge. 1928, Xu zhimo revisited Britain. One evening in July, he quietly came to his alma mater after a long separation, strolled in the silent campus and missed the good old days. However, times have changed, things have changed, and he is full of enthusiasm and affection for his alma mater. The poet who came to find his dream felt lost. 1On October 6th, he wrote this poem A Farewell to Cambridge on his way home in Nanhai. It can be said that "Cambridge complex" runs through Xu Zhimo's poems all his life.