Gu Cheng

Gu Cheng (Simplified Chinese: 顾城; Traditional Chinese: 顧城; September 24, 1956 – October 8, 1993) was a famous Chinese modern poet, essayist and novelist. He was a prominent member of the "Misty Poets", a group of Chinese modernist poets.

Quotes
I go to seek the shining light.
 * Even with these dark eyes, a gift of the dark night
 * "A Generation" [Yidai ren]

The road is grey The building is grey The rain is grey Through this stretch of dead ash Walked two children One in bright red One in light green.
 * The sky is grey
 * "Feeling" [Ganjue]

Deftly changes direction A youth tries to pick up A penny  The grapevine in fantasy Stretches its tentacles The Wave in retreat Arches its back.
 * A bird in the gusty wind
 * "Curve" [Huxian]

Can no longer be washed clean. We open the umbrella And simply paint the sky black.
 * Clouds that are grey
 * "A Walk In The Rain" [Yu xing]

Quotes about Gu Cheng

 * It is probably safe to say that Gu Cheng was the most radical poet in all of China's 2,500 years of written poetry.
 * Eliot Weinberger, Oranges & Peanuts for Sale (2009), p. 54