生命哲思的情怀

——马勇诗集《朝阳之梦》读札

赵 强

       “生命不等于是呼吸，生命是活动。”马勇创作诗歌的本意，也许是想记录生命历程、情绪起伏、欢乐悲伤，而随着一首首诗的应运而生，诗歌便在另一种形式上赋予了生命新的延续。读马勇的诗集《朝阳之梦》，有一个很深的感受，就是整部诗集自内而外地充溢着丰富而饱满的诗情——诗人怀揣着真挚的情感，以细腻的笔触、深邃的思考诠释一腔生命哲思的情怀。

      《朝阳之梦》共收录现代诗212首，诗集系诗人马勇对人类生命历程、生存境况的理性考量和深思。他将思想的维度融入诗歌的维度中，构思丰富而大胆，运笔流畅凝练，其情感的浓烈与深刻的体悟互映生辉。在语言艺术表征上，不乏犀利机趣，幽默诙谐，委婉含蓄，又有诗歌意象打破常规的跳跃性，是一部直击心灵深处映现的诗歌文本。阅读他的诗歌时，置身于诗意的世界中，感受到了炽热生命的韵律和色彩，感受到了诗人对自然的热爱、生活的深刻洞察以及对诗歌高地的执着追求与坚守。

        诗歌词句，往往是有关表象文字的重新组合与主观再造，构成一定的意象。马勇在诗歌中表达这种意象时，诗人因情而生，缘情而动，为感而发，通体浑圆，细腻而清透。“天空泪、空濛/光，痛吟/沙丘，哭诉/山川抛物线别具一格/大海退避三舍/迷失池塘的种子/盛开水的衣裙/妄想的风/成就我梦中飘逸的新娘……”在这首诗中，“天空泪”“痛吟”“哭诉”“迷失”……这些有意设置的辞藻，赋予寻常物象以深意的能力，在多维时空里字字落实，生成意义，是诗人打造的实境，令人看到了一种直逼内心的生存痛感，以此衬托诗人内心的孤寂苍莽和萧索感。

        袁枚在《答敢园论诗书》中说：“诗者由情生者也，有必不解之情。而后有必不可朽之诗。”在马勇的一首短诗中，“粮食——‘舍生取义’/以生命的利他主义的安静/供奉另类——利己主义/寒来暑往耳濡目染……”不是一般意义上的叙事诗，它以感情起伏为视角，构思出一个生活细节的实境，虚境，虚妄之境，把情感融在诗歌文字符号里，继而进入到一种诗思的横阔、漩流与荡漾细节的境界讴歌中。在他的“诗世界”里，在他人生对应的情感脉象里，正以独立、纯粹的个性与尘俗束缚激烈对抗。“地表四溢/流程/星罗棋布/物象——一场没有/句号和休息的革命/一种内驱的——爆发力/揭竿而起……”在他的这首诗中，由“流程”“句号”“革命”等多个意象构成，字句简单而晓畅，意态明丽而质朴，从中能感受到诗人抛开客观物象的限制，通过意象的错觉化和幻觉化让读者脑海里“影像”再造，意境深邃、幽远，更具朦胧美感，加重了对追求诗歌艺术的一份纯美与厚重的情怀。 

        马勇的诗歌除了感性的魅力之外，还蕴含着深刻哲学思考和人类心灵的洞察力。如一诗中，“呼与吸/都在告别/虚累、消失、美伦/时间的脚……在催/每一口/都是绝版”，在他深情的诗句锤炼中，蕴含着非比寻常的意境之美，简约而不失深度，是他深度思考后的绝妙之作，饱含了对探索人生的价值和思考生命的意义，使读者在欣赏诗歌的同时，也能从中汲取生活的智慧。再如一诗中，“这歌，还有余温/是苦难闷热的栗子/香在岁月的/记忆……”，这是诗人对生活的敏锐感受和热切注视，来回应生活本身，亦是自我的审视和自我的反思，这种艺术实践丰富了诗歌的表现力，也为读者提供了对人生过往的全新理解视角。诚然，在我们的生活中，每一个人都会遭遇困境与磨难，唯有风雨无阻、死不旋踵，方能品味到生活的甜蜜与香醇。

        “诗心是个人的，而诗意是共同的。”从另一个角度来说，乡土情怀的饱满度有力支撑了马勇对乡村审美独有的清新自然和真挚饱满的情感流露。诗集中的“布谷鸟——声声/催断肠/别丢下……我/我是土地/渴望三春的种粒/你们，都去哪了”。诗歌文本里，清馨着泥土气息的舒展，不论是诗意的拓展，还是意境的营造，都意蕴深厚、充满灵性。这与马勇曾为一名高级农艺师的关系密不可分，他对土地的感情自然是极为深厚的，是一位传统情结很深的诗人。又如一诗中，“雾霾天空/像稀释的大地/飞翔/抖落的草籽……/叶片/看着大地”。在看似平静的叙述中，实则在这意象中凝聚着他对生活的独特观察和艺术思考，他对土地有着一种深厚的眷恋和牵挂，把天空、草籽、叶片、大地等元素融入他的诗歌中，用来表达和传递无言的情感，直达心灵的最深处。胡适在谈论新诗中坦言：“凡是好诗，都是具体的；越偏向具体的，越有诗意诗味”。诗人马勇也有写道：“情歌轻骑/将俘虏来的生活、文字、神力重组/展开与自己的一场/又一场博弈”。言简意赅的写作指向，体现出诗歌的简约之美，充满了意义省略和情绪跳跃的内核：孤独、锁闭、荒凉、渴望等等，这些意义省略和情感跳跃为读者预留了发挥想象的巨大空间，引发读者对自我存在的思考。

        俄国文艺理论家杜勃罗留波夫说过：“一个善于美妙地描写内心感情的诗人，使我们能够永久地记住他”。马勇是一个对生活充满警醒、思省、憬悟之情致的诗人，这让他的诗歌沉稳而安静，其诗歌的整饬性、美学效果、艺术价值给人带来美感和诗意的享受。合上诗集，质朴的诗人带给读者的不仅仅是诗歌艺术的惊喜，以及经由另一重路径崭露出诗人某种品咂生活、淡定自若的精神旨趣。当然，这种旨趣，足以令人铭记于心。

    作者简介

赵强，笔名萧宸。系中国诗歌学会会员、中国楹联学会会员、中国音乐文学学会会员，吉林省文艺评论家协会会员、吉林省作家协会会员、吉林省网络作家协会理事。作品散见《解放军生活》《军营文化天地》《诗选刊》《青年文学家》《牡丹》《延河》《绿风》《奔流》《解放军报》《检察日报》《中国社会报》《中国文化报》《中国人口报》等报纸杂志。

著名诗人马勇简介

    马勇，回族，云南昭通人。毕业于云南农业大学，昭通市农业科学院高级农艺师。系中国诗歌学会会员、云南省作家协会会员、中国世促会工委特约研究员、中华诗书画派成员、乌蒙诗社社长。出版诗集《闪过的意象》《朝阳之梦》《灵魂的眼睛》《疼痛的心灵与泪花》，且为当代作家签名版图书馆珍藏和评论。在《诗歌月刊》《青年文学家》《参花》《读书文摘》《散文百家》《作家报》《鸭绿江》《青海湖》等期刊发表诗歌作品，全球多元化中文出版协会授予“桂冠诗人”；荣获“李清照杯”全国文学奖大赛诗歌类特等奖；2023大国人民诗人；百位文学工匠；华语辉煌成就十大顶级诗人。第17届作家报杯全国优秀文艺作品大赛金奖、全国诗歌教研成果一等奖、第四届中国诗人年度诗歌奖金奖等奖。中国诗歌网认证诗人（蓝V诗人）；《作家报》文学副刊专栏作家诗人；邮政明信片百位中国诗人；《青年文学家》杂志评为优秀作家。名篇文学艺术网总顾问，认证会员。部分诗作被云图书馆、北京大学、清华大学、浙江大学、复旦大学、中国邮册收藏。

出品人

阳光，真名李淑林，注册志愿者，仁里寿乡民星榜样—最美家庭，眉山市助人为乐最美家庭，名篇．金榜头条总编导师，文学艺术网、文学名人堂等十大平台总编，《作家报》社文学影视艺术院特邀撰稿人。

The Sentiment of Philosophical Reflection on Life

——A Reading Note on Ma Yong's Poetry Collection "The Dream of the Rising Sun"

Zhao Qiang

"Life is not merely breathing; life is activity." Perhaps Ma Yong's original intention in creating poetry was to record the course of life, the ups and downs of emotions, and joys and sorrows. And as one poem after another came into being, poetry, in another form, gave new continuation to life. Reading Ma Yong's poetry collection "The Dream of the Rising Sun", one has a deep feeling that the entire collection is filled with rich and full poetic sentiment from the inside out - the poet, with sincere emotions, interprets the sentiment of philosophical reflection on life with delicate strokes and profound thinking. 

"Dreams of the Rising Sun" contains a total of 212 modern poems. The collection is the poet Ma Yong's rational consideration and profound thinking about the course of human life and living conditions. He integrates the dimension of thought into the dimension of poetry, with rich and bold conception and smooth and concise writing. The intensity of his emotions and profound insights mutually illuminate each other. In terms of the representation of language art, there is no shortage of sharp wit, humor, euphemism and implicitness. There is also the unconventional leaping of poetic images. It is a poetry text that directly strikes the depths of the soul. When reading his poems, one is placed in a poetic world, feeling the rhythm and color of a passionate life, and sensing the poet's love for nature, profound insight into life, as well as his persistent pursuit and insistence on the heights of poetry. 

Poetic words and phrases are often the recombination and subjective recreation of representational words, forming certain images. When Ma Yong expresses this kind of image in poetry, the poet is born because of emotions, moves because of emotions, expresses because of feelings, is completely smooth, delicate and clear. "Sky tears, hazy / Light, painful chant / Sand dunes, crying complaints / Mountain and river parabolas are unique / The sea retreats / The seeds lost in the pond / The dress filled with water / The delusional wind / Accomplishes my elegant bride in the dream..." In this poem, "Sky tears", "Painful chant", "Crying complaints", "Lost"... These deliberately arranged words have the ability to endow ordinary objects with profound meanings. They are implemented word by word in the multi-dimensional space-time and generate meanings. They are the real scenes created by the poet, making people see a kind of survival pain that directly approaches the heart, thus setting off the poet's inner loneliness, vastness and desolation. 

Yuan Mei said in "Answer to Gan Yuan on Poetry": "Poetry is born of emotions. There are emotions that are inexplicable, and then there are immortal poems that are inevitable." In one of Ma Yong's short poems, "Food - 'Sacrifice one's life for righteousness' / With the altruistic quietness of life / Worshiping the alternative - egoism / Through the changing seasons and constant exposure..." It is not a narrative poem in the ordinary sense. It takes the ups and downs of emotions as the perspective, conceives a real, virtual, and illusory situation of a life detail, integrates emotions into the textual symbols of poetry, and then enters a realm of eulogizing the breadth, swirl, and ripple details of poetic thoughts. In his "poetic world" and in the emotional pulse corresponding to his life, he is fiercely resisting the shackles of mundane life with an independent and pure personality. "The earth overflows / The process / Scattered all over / Objects - a revolution without / Periods and breaks / An internal - explosive force / Rising up in arms..." In this poem of his, composed of multiple images such as "process", "period", and "revolution", the words are simple and smooth, the mood is bright and simple. From it, one can feel that the poet throws aside the limitations of objective objects, and through the illusion and hallucination of images, enables the "images" to be recreated in the readers' minds. The artistic conception is profound, distant, and has a more hazy beauty, intensifying a pure and profound sentiment for the pursuit of the art of poetry. 

In addition to the perceptual charm, Ma Yong's poems also contain profound philosophical thinking and insight into the human soul. In a poem like, "Inhale and exhale / Are all farewells / Weariness, disappearance, beauty / The feet of time... Urging / Every breath / Is out of print", in his affectionate and refined verses, there lies an extraordinary beauty of artistic conception, simple yet profound. It is his wonderful work after deep thinking, full of the exploration of the value of life and the meaning of life, enabling readers to draw wisdom from life while enjoying the poems. Again, in a poem like, "This song still has residual warmth / It is the hot and stuffy chestnut of suffering / Fragrant in the memory of years...", this is the poet's acute feeling and eager gaze towards life, responding to life itself, and also self-examination and self-reflection. This artistic practice enriches the expressiveness of poetry and also provides readers with a new perspective of understanding the past of life. Indeed, in our lives, everyone will encounter difficulties and hardships. Only by braving all difficulties and never turning back can we taste the sweetness and fragrance of life. 

The poetic heart is individual, while the poetic meaning is shared. From another perspective, the fullness of the local sentiment strongly supports Ma Yong's unique fresh, natural and sincere emotional expression in his rural aesthetics. In the poem collection, "The cuckoo - chirping / breaking hearts / don't leave... me / I am the land / longing for the seeds of spring / where have you all gone?". In the poetry text, there is the stretch of the fresh earthy smell. Whether it is the expansion of the poetic meaning or the creation of the artistic conception, it is profound and full of spirituality. This is inseparable from Ma Yong's previous position as a senior agronomist. His feelings towards the land are naturally extremely deep, and he is a poet with a deep traditional complex. Another example is in a poem, "The haze-filled sky / like diluted land / flying / shaken grass seeds... / leaves / looking at the land". In the seemingly calm narration, in fact, his unique observation and artistic thinking of life are condensed in this imagery. He has a deep attachment and concern for the land, integrating elements such as the sky, grass seeds, leaves and the land into his poetry to express and convey wordless emotions, reaching the deepest part of the soul. Hu Shi frankly stated in discussing new poetry: "All good poems are concrete; the more concrete they are, the more poetic and flavorful they are." The poet Ma Yong also wrote: "The light cavalry of love songs / will reorganize the captured life, words and divine power / and launch one game after another with oneself". The concise writing direction reflects the simplicity and beauty of poetry, full of the core of meaning omission and emotional leaps: loneliness, seclusion, desolation, longing, etc. These omissions of meanings and leaps of emotions reserve a vast space for readers to exert their imagination and trigger readers' reflection on their own existence. 

The Russian literary theorist Dobrolyubov once said: "A poet who is good at beautifully depicting inner feelings enables us to remember him permanently." Ma Yong is a poet full of vigilance, reflection and enlightenment towards life, which makes his poetry composed and quiet. The regularity, aesthetic effect and artistic value of his poetry bring people aesthetic feeling and the enjoyment of poetry. Closing the poetry collection, the simple poet brings readers not only the surprise of poetry art, but also reveals through another path the poet's certain spiritual interest of savoring life and remaining calm and composed. Of course, this kind of interest is enough to be engraved in people's hearts. 

Author Profile: Zhao Qiang, pseudonym Xiao Chen. He is a member of the Chinese Poetry Society, a member of the Chinese Couplet Society, a member of the Chinese Music Literature Society, a member of the Jilin Provincial Association of Literary Critics, a member of the Jilin Provincial Writers' Association, and a director of the Jilin Provincial Network Writers' Association. His works have been scattered in newspapers and magazines such as "Life of the PLA", "Cultural World of the Military Camp", "Selected Poems Journal", "Young Literati", "Peony", "Yanhe", "Green Wind", "Benliu", "PLA Daily", "Procuratorial Daily", "China Society News", "China Culture News", "China Population News", etc. 

Introduction to the Famous Poet Ma Yong

Ma Yong, of the Hui ethnicity, is from Zhaotong, Yunnan Province. He graduated from Yunnan Agricultural University and is a senior agronomist at the Zhaotong Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is a member of the Chinese Poetry Society, a member of the Yunnan Writers' Association, a special researcher of the Work Committee of the China World Promotion Association, a member of the Chinese Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting School, and the president of the Wumeng Poetry Society. He has published poetry collections such as "The Flashing Images", "The Dream of the Rising Sun", "The Eyes of the Soul", "The Painful Heart and Tears", and they have been collected and commented on by the Contemporary Writers' Signature Edition Library. His poetry works have been published in periodicals such as "Poetry Monthly", "Young Literati", "Shen Hua", "Reading Digest", "Hundred Schools of Prose", "Writer's Newspaper", "Yalu River", "Qinghai Lake", etc. The Global Diversified Chinese Publishing Association awarded him the title of "Poet Laureate"; he won the Special Prize of the Poetry Category in the "Li Qingzhao Cup" National Literature Award Competition; he was named "Poet of the People of a Great Country in 2023"; one of the Hundred Literary Craftsmen; one of the Top Ten Poets with Glorious Achievements in Chinese Language. He has won the Gold Prize of the 17th Writer's Newspaper Cup National Excellent Literary and Artistic Works Competition, the First Prize of the National Poetry Teaching and Research Achievements, the Gold Prize of the Fourth Annual Chinese Poets' Annual Poetry Prize, etc. He is a certified poet (Blue V Poet) on the Chinese Poetry website; a columnist and poet of the literary supplement of "Writer's Newspaper"; one of the Hundred Chinese Poets on the Postal Postcard; and was rated as an excellent writer by the magazine "Young Literati". He is the chief advisor and certified member of the Famous Works of Literature and Art Network. Some of his poems have been collected by 

Introduction to the Famous Poet Ma Yong

Ma Yong, of the Hui ethnicity, is from Zhaotong, Yunnan Province. He graduated from Yunnan Agricultural University and is a senior agronomist at the Zhaotong Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is a member of the Chinese Poetry Society, a member of the Yunnan Writers' Association, a special researcher of the Work Committee of the China World Promotion Association, a member of the Chinese Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting School, and the president of the Wumeng Poetry Society. He has published poetry collections such as "The Flashing Images", "The Dream of the Rising Sun", "The Eyes of the Soul", "The Painful Heart and Tears", and they have been collected and commented on by the Contemporary Writers' Signature Edition Library. His poetry works have been published in periodicals such as "Poetry Monthly", "Young Literati", "Shen Hua", "Reading Digest", "Hundred Schools of Prose", "Writer's Newspaper", "Yalu River", "Qinghai Lake", etc. The Global Diversified Chinese Publishing Association awarded him the title of "Poet Laureate"; he won the Special Prize of the Poetry Category in the "Li Qingzhao Cup" National Literature Award Competition; he was named "Poet of the People of a Great Country in 2023"; one of the Hundred Literary Craftsmen; one of the Top Ten Poets with Glorious Achievements in Chinese Language. He has won the Gold Prize of the 17th Writer's Newspaper Cup National Excellent Literary and Artistic Works Competition, the First Prize of the National Poetry Teaching and Research Achievements, the Gold Prize of the Fourth Annual Chinese Poets' Annual Poetry Prize, etc. He is a certified poet (Blue V Poet) on the Chinese Poetry website; a columnist and poet of the literary supplement of "Writer's Newspaper"; one of the Hundred Chinese Poets on the Postal Postcard; and was rated as an excellent writer by the magazine "Young Literati". He is the chief advisor and certified member of the Famous Works of Literature and Art Network. Some of his poems have been collected by 

Producer 

Sunshine, whose real name is Li Shulin, is a registered volunteer, a role model citizen of Renli Shou Village - the Most Beautiful Family, the Most Beautiful Family for Helping Others in Meishan City, the chief editor and mentor of the Jinbang Toutiao's famous works, the chief editor of ten platforms such as Literature and Art Network and Hall of Fame of Literature, and a specially invited contributor to the Literature, Film and Television Art Institute of the Writers' Newspaper. 

Introduction to the Famous Poet Ma Yong

Ma Yong, of the Hui ethnicity, is from Zhaotong, Yunnan Province. He graduated from Yunnan Agricultural University and is a senior agronomist at the Zhaotong Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is a member of the Chinese Poetry Society, a member of the Yunnan Writers' Association, a special researcher of the Work Committee of the China World Promotion Association, a member of the Chinese Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting School, and the president of the Wumeng Poetry Society. He has published poetry collections such as "The Flashing Images", "The Dream of the Rising Sun", "The Eyes of the Soul", "The Painful Heart and Tears", and they have been collected and commented on by the Contemporary Writers' Signature Edition Library. His poetry works have been published in periodicals such as "Poetry Monthly", "Young Literati", "Shen Hua", "Reading Digest", "Hundred Schools of Prose", "Writer's Newspaper", "Yalu River", "Qinghai Lake", etc. The Global Diversified Chinese Publishing Association awarded him the title of "Poet Laureate"; he won the Special Prize of the Poetry Category in the "Li Qingzhao Cup" National Literature Award Competition; he was named "Poet of the People of a Great Country in 2023"; one of the Hundred Literary Craftsmen; one of the Top Ten Poets with Glorious Achievements in Chinese Language. He has won the Gold Prize of the 17th Writer's Newspaper Cup National Excellent Literary and Artistic Works Competition, the First Prize of the National Poetry Teaching and Research Achievements, the Gold Prize of the Fourth Annual Chinese Poets' Annual Poetry Prize, etc. He is a certified poet (Blue V Poet) on the Chinese Poetry website; a columnist and poet of the literary supplement of "Writer's Newspaper"; one of the Hundred Chinese Poets on the Postal Postcard; and was rated as an excellent writer by the magazine "Young Literati". He is the chief advisor and certified member of the Famous Works of Literature and Art Network. Some of his poems have been collected by 

Producer 

Sunshine, whose real name is Li Shulin, is a registered volunteer, a role model citizen of Renli Shou Village - the Most Beautiful Family, the Most Beautiful Family for Helping Others in Meishan City, the chief editor and mentor of the Jinbang Toutiao's famous works, the chief editor of ten platforms such as Literature and Art Network and Hall of Fame of Literature, and a specially invited contributor to the Literature, Film and Television Art Institute of the Writers' Newspaper.