Guo Lusheng | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 郭路生 |
| Born | Guo Lusheng 1948 (age 75–76) Chaocheng, Shandong, China |
| Pen name | Shi Zhi 食指, index finger |
| Occupation | poet |
| Period | 1967－ |
| Spouse | Li Yalan (1975－1982) |
Guo Lusheng (Chinese: 郭路生, born 1948 Shandong), pen name Shi Zhi (食指, index finger), was an influential Chinese poet of the 1960s, considered the "founder of the New Poetry movement".[1][2]
His poems were the first to break with the Mao Zedong-style classicist poetry, expressing the "bewilderment of the Red Guard generation". Young readers spread his poems widely in hand-copied form, and he was one of the mascots of the sent-down youth generation - educated youth who were sent to the countryside during the cultural revolution. This underground poetry movement continued over the next 30 years, and he inspired several modern movements including the Misty poets.[3]