中国新诗自1918年发轫,历80年匆促的步程,即将进入新的世纪。 中国人算帐爱求个整数,于是临近世纪末的1998年,便成为中国诗坛提前到来的“大清盘”之年:新诗80年,新诗潮20年;三代诗人、三大板块(大陆、台港、海外)、三路军团(“辫子军”、“洋务派”、“民间社团”——这里仅就当下大陆诗坛而言)都要在重新上 Since the new Chinese poem began its development in 1918, it has entered a new century with a hurried pace of 80 years. As the Chinese endorsed love for an integer, the year 1998 approached the end of the 20th century. It became the year where the Chinese poetry came ahead of schedule: 80 years of the new poem and 20 years of the new poem. The poets of the third generation and the three major plates , Overseas), the Third Army Corps (“Braid Troops,” “Westernization School,” and “Civil Society,” as far as the current mainland poetry circles are concerned)