Memorial stone for Xu Zhimo, A Tribute to Poetic Elegance by the River
University of Cambridge, The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK
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Introduction
Xu Zhimo was a famous modern poet and essayist of the New Moon School in China, advocating new poetic rhythms and making important contributions to the development of modern Chinese poetry. He was born in Haining, Zhejiang Province, China, with the original name of Zhang Ha or Zhang Youyi, but later studied in England, where he changed his name to Xu Zhimo. He studied banking at Clark University in the United States, transferred to the economics department of Columbia University in New York's graduate school, and then went to Cambridge University in England to study literature and ethics. During his time at Cambridge, he had a close relationship with Lin Huiyin and fell in love. He once wrote "Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again" expressing his fondness for Cambridge. His friend Man Cambridge was also well-known in the college. His last visit to Cambridge left him with a sense of melancholy as he gazed at his alma mater campus, inspiring him to write the immortal work "Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again." In his later years, Xu Zhimo attended a symposium on Chinese architectural art hosted by Lin Huiyin in Jinan, where he died in a plane crash, at the age of 34. In 2008, King's College erected a memorial stone in its backyard in remembrance of Xu Zhimo, engraving his poetry on it. Xu Zhimo often walked on the King's College Bridge during his year of study at King's College. The "Cambridge" in his poem refers only to a bridge over the Cam River, or to any bridge over the Cam River in Cambridge town? These issues remain controversial and are not worth dwelling on. Address University of Cambridge, The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK
Xu Zhimo's beautiful poems left in Cambridge
