Flowing Time

蔡勋Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House · ChinaMar 2026

Rating 2.8
Word count
30K words
Chapters
142
ISBN
9787550054233

Tags

Modern Poetry Record of YearsPassage of TimeIndependent AestheticsTruth Goodness BeautyPersonal Poetry CollectionMood CreationPlain Lyricism

Summary

The Flowing Years is a personal poetry collection. The book is divided into eleven sections: Time, Process, Resonance, Silhouette, Watch, Dream's Edge, Past, Proof, Vision, Appointment, and Fleeting Years. The collection includes 129 modern poems by the author. Endowed with an artistic pursuit of "truth, goodness, and beauty," the poet maintains calm, independent thought and aesthetic judgment, habitually employing lyrical expression with beautiful imagery and plain language. Between the lines, readers encounter the poet's record and memory of the era of life, and attention to and judgment of the surrounding existence, with sincere feeling.

Editor's review

The Flowing Years is a personal poetry collection with a clear structure and a quiet temperament; its eleven sections, from "Time" and "Process" to "Fleeting Years," are themselves arranged like a slowly unfolding timeline. The 129 modern poems are mainly in plain language and beautiful imagery, with unostentatious lyricism and calm, independent thought; there is little showmanship, and more a record of the era of life and attention to and judgment of the surrounding existence. The poems carry the warmth of memory and the distance of scrutiny, with sincere feeling that does not turn sentimental. Suited to reading one poem at a time in scattered moments, and also to readers interested in modern Chinese lyric poetry and in distilling poetic meaning from everyday experience. For writers, it is worth noting how it grounds a large theme like "time" in specific feelings and fragments.

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Reading tips

  1. Read through in the order of the eleven sections to feel the overall arrangement from "Time" to "Fleeting Years."
  2. Two or three poems a day is enough; pause after reading and do not try to finish all 129 at once.
  3. Copy out lines that resonate and write down a corresponding memory of your own time.
  4. On a second reading, skip among sections and compare changes in lyrical method and subjects of attention.

About the publisher

Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House China · Founded in 1990

Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House is a professional literature and art publisher. Judging from the books in the database, its publishing focus is on foreign literature, world classics, prose and miscellaneous writings, and classic works, while also covering literary appreciation and cultural reading. Representative titles include The Painter of Modern Life, Jane Eyre, Six Chapters of a Floating Life, The Moon and Sixpence, Selected Prose of Ji Xianlin, A Sportsman's Sketches, and Collected Prose of Famous Masters, involving Chinese and foreign authors such as Charles Baudelaire, Charlotte Brontë, Shen Fu, and W. Somerset Maugham, as well as translators including Guo Hong'an, Chen Jinhui, Jing Xing, and Jiao Haili. Overall, the press emphasizes the introduction of classic texts and the compilation of prose works, presenting a publishing profile centered on literary reading and cultural accumulation. As public information is limited, other aspects are not elaborated here.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 序言 诗性，生命至美
  3. 第一辑 时光
  4. 白露写意
  5. 流光碎影
  6. 归来
  7. 剪影
  8. 过程
  9. 晨光
  10. 慰冬书
  11. 流光不曾把你我抛弃
  12. 握紧时光
  13. 时光喻示
  14. 似水流年
  15. 冬至不冷
  16. 第二辑 过程
  17. 随想
  18. 维度
  19. 水墨天然
  20. 留白
  21. 妙意
  22. 标准
  23. 纠偏
  24. 心灵报告
  25. 不夜城
  26. 警报
  27. 品陶（组诗）
  28. 庐山红叶
  29. 第三辑 感应
  30. 车过大悟山
  31. 解嘲
  32. 不可说
  33. 与风有关
  34. 感同身受
  35. 一叶知秋
  36. 寻真
  37. 感应
  38. 卸载
  39. 谶语
  40. 标榜
  41. 浮桥
  42. 第四辑 剪影
  43. 棉花
  44. 今夜我们喝茶
  45. 以诗歌的名义握手
  46. 回家途中
  47. 母亲
  48. 赠别
  49. 海边写意
  50. 故乡
  51. 水美九江
  52. 雁翎
  53. 向海之约
  54. 第五辑 守望
  55. 远方
  56. 平行线
  57. 高天流云
  58. 聚散时光
  59. 红尘有约
  60. 夜雨寄友
  61. 用进废退
  62. 为爱祝福
  63. 无题
  64. 清风吟
  65. 圣水
  66. 守望
  67. 第六辑 梦涯
  68. 落寞
  69. 梦的解析
  70. 霓虹
  71. 繁华落尽
  72. 行吟者歌
  73. 预示
  74. 如蜃似幻
  75. 袭人的早春
  76. 梦与回放
  77. 梦与影子
  78. 行走在逗号和句号之间
  79. 失真
  80. 第七辑 过往
  81. 九江地震
  82. 休战
  83. 奇遇
  84. 点亮的记忆
  85. 火车站夜宵广场
  86. 遗忘
  87. 尘封记忆
  88. 与七月有关
  89. 往事
  90. 北海之夜
  91. 雪夜情思
  92. 第八辑 求证
  93. 跳舞的头颅
  94. 致陌路者书
  95. 求证
  96. 自评报告
  97. 疑惑
  98. 除夕有感
  99. 一桌饭的印象
  100. 行将远去的人和事
  101. 烽火万家岭
  102. 问天
  103. 听风
  104. 第九辑 愿景
  105. 小河彼岸
  106. 黄昏听雨
  107. 远方，云与河流
  108. 风景线
  109. 愿景
  110. 流霞
  111. 云锦
  112. 一米阳光
  113. 解读
  114. 雪韵
  115. 片拾
  116. 那一抹茉莉花香
  117. 第十辑 期会
  118. 春之歌
  119. 春天，一起出发
  120. 明天怎样到来
  121. 神仪
  122. 幻觉
  123. 谷雨诗会
  124. 谷雨前夜
  125. 电花
  126. 同心梦圆
  127. 刷新岁月
  128. 风自南来
  129. 幸福的回眸
  130. 第十一辑 流年
  131. 秋歌
  132. 流放
  133. 本命年
  134. 休止符
  135. 至暗
  136. 流浪
  137. 虚拟
  138. 荒废少年
  139. 昙花
  140. 探微
  141. 蒙蔽
  142. 飘摇

FAQ

How many poems does this collection contain, and how many sections? The book is divided into eleven sections—Time, Process, Resonance, Silhouette, Watch, Dream's Edge, Past, Proof, Vision, Appointment, and Fleeting Years—and contains 129 modern poems by the author. The section titles themselves form a timeline, so readers can read straight through or skip among sections.
Is the style obscure or accessible? According to the introduction, the poet habitually uses lyrical expression with beautiful imagery and plain language, maintaining calm, independent thought and aesthetic judgment. Overall it does not pursue obscurity or showmanship but is closer to sincere lyricism from everyday experience, so the threshold for ordinary readers is not high, though one still needs to slow down to appreciate the feeling and judgment within.
Is it better to read at one sitting or slowly? Better to read slowly. Reading 129 modern poems in one sitting easily leads to fatigue and poor digestion. Two or three poems a day is suggested, or dipping in at scattered moments, leaving a little aftertaste, which better reveals the subtle differences among sections regarding time, memory, and existence.

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About the author

蔡勋 Author

Cai Xun is an author about whom limited public information is available; what can be confirmed is that two works by this name are in circulation, The Flowing of Time and A Collection of Leaf Whispers. Judging from the titles and the common categories, his writing falls mainly in the fields of modern poetry and miscellaneous prose, with themes often revolving around the passage of time, everyday scenes, and inner feelings, carrying a lyrical and reflective tone. The Flowing of Time dwells on time and memory, while A Collection of Leaf Whispers uses leaves as a vehicle for feeling and observes things with fine attention; together they present a quiet, delicate mode of writing. Because his dates, nationality, English name, and specific experiences are not clearly recorded, his life story cannot be described in detail; the available information comes chiefly from the works themselves, through which readers may sense his experiments with language and his emotional expression between poetry and prose.