Ji Lan, who tried to cry for the first time, was still a middle school student. Looking back on his creative career more than 70 years later, the old man still thinks that the fighting spirit of the "December 29" movement has always inspired his creation. "Soldiers and poets are two incarnations of a person. Only by unconditionally becoming soldiers of life can they become conditional poets in art. The soldiers of life are upright people, brave people and people who tell the truth. "
"A poet must be a soldier. This is the belief of Ji Lao's life. " Lou Yilin, the editor-in-chief and poetess of Collected Works of Ji Yun, recalled that Ji Yun's integrity and daring to speak and do remained until the early 1980s. One year, Zhejiang Writers Association held a meeting in Moganshan. On the way up the mountain, Ji Lang heard that a writer who "he didn't like" was also invited to attend, and turned back immediately, because this writer wrote articles such as "Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School" in the home front during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period.
"July School" is an important realistic poetry school in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and Kuomintang-controlled areas during the War of Liberation. It was named after the famous literary theorist and poet Hu Feng's July magazine published Ji Lang's masterpiece and long poem Dancing Night.
After the age of 60, Ji Lang ushered in the second peak of his writing, and participated in Jiangnan magazine founded by Zhejiang Writers Association, thus cultivating a group of young writers for Zhejiang literary circles. Lou Yilin told reporters that the poet has amazing memory and amazing creativity. At the age of 80, he began to learn to write on the computer and wrote a 300,000-word memoir, Bloody Time. After many years in hospital, there is a computer on the desk in the ward, and you can write at any time.
"Ji Long always believed that poetry should be fighting for life, not for entertainment. Whether it is praise or criticism, poetry should reflect reality, not groan. " Huang Yazhou, the former chairman and poet of Zhejiang Writers Association, said that every time he communicated with the former poet, the other party would emphasize the fighting spirit. "He has been fighting for the truth all his life. Even in adversity, he did not give up his creation and struggle. He is also a man with a sense of urgency. He is very much in favor of reform and opening up and hopes that the road will go faster. "
"Every time I went to see Ji Lao in recent years, he asked me about the poetry creation in Zhejiang. I told him that we had another group of young writers, and he was very happy to hear that young people wrote better poems than me. " Huang Yazhou recalled that in 2004, he sent his poetry collection "Stumbling on the Jingwei" to Ji Lang, and the old man asked him to send another copy to another "July School" poet, Lvyuan. "I feel that although half a century has passed, the old poets who have experienced ups and downs are still paying attention to China's new poems."
On September 29th this year, Han Niu, another famous poet of the July Poetry School, passed away. Lou Yilin said that although it is impossible to accurately count, at least a few "July School" poets still live behind Ji Ba. "He is an atheist and has a thorough view of life and death. He also said that he should engrave' the hope of scientific socialists' on his tombstone. "
And Huang Yazhou still remembers the song "Laughter of Ji Yun" ten years ago. At that time, Jiba was 86 years old. He installed a pacemaker in Zhejiang hospital and had to drain intracranial effusion. After the operation was successful, the old man covered with white sheets, lying on the cart, was pushed out of the operating room door and smiled at the ceiling: "Ha ha ha, I'm back!" " "