穆旦,原名查良铮,他早在四十年代就成为最受欢迎的诗人。他生活经历是丰富的、独特曲折的,代表着一代知识分子的命运。1942年是特殊的一年,爆发了第二次世界大战,沿途病死、饿死的人无数。也正是在这一年,穆旦胸怀“国家兴亡、匹夫有责”之志,以西南联大教师身份应征参加中国远征军,出征缅甸抗日战场,社会的动荡与反复无常,理智与情感的矛盾体验,个人内心的挣扎,使得穆旦以一个知识分子的独特的视角和心灵来反思历史与现实,对苦难的体会,对人性的质疑,对民族存在的思考。 Mu Dan, formerly known as Charles Liang, he became the most popular poet as early as the forties. His life experience is rich, unique twists and turns, representing the fate of a generation of intellectuals. 1942 is a special year, World War II broke out, died along the way, starved to death numerous. It was also during this year that Mu Dan was ambitious to apply for expedition to China Expeditionary Force as a teacher of Southwest Associated University and expedition to the Anti-Japanese War in Myanmar. The social turmoil and capriciousness, Emotional contradictory experience and personal inner struggle make Mu Dan reflect history and reality, experience suffering, question human nature and think about national existence with the unique perspective and soul of an intellectual.