刘大白

Liu Dabai is one of the noteworthy authors in the early period of modern Chinese vernacular poetry. This site collects five of his works, including unannotated editions of Selling Cloth Ballads, A Postmarked Kiss, Rebuilding, Tears of Autumn, and Dingning. Public information about his life is limited, and his nationality and dates of birth and death still require further verification, so no inferences are made here. Judging from the surviving works, his writing consists mainly of short lyric poems, with plain language and fresh imagery; he draws poetic meaning from everyday observations and personal feelings, showing the simple atmosphere of early new poetry experiments. These works are often classified as classic works and are suitable reading for understanding the beginnings of modern Chinese poetry. His poems are short, naturally paced, and direct yet delicate in emotional expression, offering some reference value for later vernacular poetry. Readers can use these five works to sense the traces of poetic language exploration of that period.