About the author
Xie Mian was born in 1932 in Fuzhou, Fujian, with ancestral roots in Changle. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University, as well as a scholar of contemporary Chinese literature, a theorist and critic of new poetry. His essay "In the Face of a New Rise" made him one of the representative figures of the "three rises" associated with Misty Poetry. He has served as director of the Peking University Institute of Chinese Poetry and is now its honorary director. Thirteen of his works are included here, spanning prose and miscellaneous writings, literary appreciation, modern poetry, and inspirational growth. They include prose such as Flowers, studies of new poetry such as A Brief History of Chinese New Poetry over a Century and New Poetry Review, and appreciation volumes such as Appreciation of Masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Poetry. His writing combines scholarly rigor with the warmth of prose: while tracing the history of new poetry and evaluating landmark works, he also records travels and reflections on life in leisurely essays, exerting an influence on both contemporary poetry research and popular literary reading.
Written (15)
Rating 4.3★ Flower Matters Xie Mian / 高秀芹 Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Flower Matters is a series of essays themed on flowers. China's flower culture has a long history and is renowned worldwide. As a cultural symbol, flo… Rating 4.3★ Appreciation of Masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Poetry Xie Mian Peking University Press · 2025 The 12-volume "Read the Classics with the Masters" series includes Chinese Modern and Contemporary Poetry: Appreciation of Classic Works. This book se… Rating 4.3★ A Brief History of One Hundred Years of Chinese New Poetry Xie Mian / Hong Zicheng / Sun Yushi Peking University Press · 2025 This book presents a theoretically informed and aesthetically analytical summary of the development of Chinese new poetry over the past century. It co… Rating 4.0★ Essential Reader of Masterpiece Appreciation: Appreciation of Famous Modern and Contemporary Chinese Poems Xie Mian Peking University Press · 2025 This collection presents 28 appreciation essays on major modern and contemporary Chinese poets and landmark poems, selected from more than 20,000 arti… Rating 4.0★ New Poetry Review (2020, Total Issue 24) Xie Mian / Sun Yushi / Hong Zicheng · 2025 The essays collected in New Poetry Review 2020 (Vol. 24) fall roughly into six areas. “English Translations of Modern Chinese Poetry,” a special featu… The "Rewriting Literary History" Classics: A Comprehensive Series on a Century of Chinese Literature Xie Mian / Meng Fanhua People's Literature Publishing House · 2023 The "Rewriting Literary History" Classics: A Comprehensive Series on a Century of Chinese Literature is a literary-history series that retells the cou… Rating 3.8★ Philosophical Prose Xie Mian Shandong People's Publishing House · 2020 This volume includes essays such as "On Bats," "Before the Storm," "The Peanut," "The Cricket's Tale," "Nobility Needs No Proof," "Leaves of Grass," a… Rating 3.9★ Inspiration and Self-Cultivation Xie Mian Shandong People's Publishing House · 2017 This book gathers works by a group of renowned essayists from China and around the world over the past century. Some are very famous, others perhaps n… Rating 3.8★ Boundless Family Love Xie Mian Shandong People's Publishing House · 2017 This book gathers works by a group of renowned essayists from China and around the world over the past century. Some are very famous, others less so, … Rating 3.8★ Travel Traces and Casual Images Xie Mian Shandong People's Publishing House · 2017 This book gathers works by a group of renowned essayists from around the world and China over the past century, with authors from China and beyond. So… Rating 3.8★ Pure Love Whispers Xie Mian Shandong People's Publishing House · 2017 This book gathers works by a group of celebrated essayists from China and around the world over the past century. Some are widely known, others less s… Rating 3.8★ Leisure and Humor Xie Mian Shandong People's Publishing House · 2017 This book gathers works by a group of renowned essayists from around the world and China over the past century. The authors come from China and countr… Rating 3.8★ Far and Wide Xie Mian Shandong People's Publishing House · 2017 This book gathers works by a group of renowned essayists from China and around the world over the past century. Some are very famous, others less so, … Rating 3.8★ True Friendship and Sincere Feelings Xie Mian Shandong People's Publishing House · 2017 This collection brings together works by a group of renowned essayists from China and around the world over the past century. Some are very famous, ot… A Brief History of Chinese New Poetry over a Century: Introductions to the Complete Series of Chinese New Poetry Xie Mian / 姜涛 / Sun Yushi / 吴晓东 / Hong Zicheng / Cheng Guangwei / 王光明 / 张桃洲 / Wu Sijing / Liu Fuchun Peking University Press · 2010 A Brief History of Chinese New Poetry over a Century is a collection of the introductions to the ten volumes of the Complete Series of Chinese New Poe…Publishers
People's Literature Publishing HousePeking University PressShandong People's Publishing HouseChunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House