New poetry was bern in the revolution in literature which opposed writings in
classical Chinese and advocated writings in
the vernacular as the dominant contents, and it is not more than 100 years. For the achievements of
new poetry the former critics almost insisted on criticism - lower degree. For instance, in 1956, Mr. Zhu Guangqian wrote an article in Guangmingribao(Bright Daily), pointed out new poetry makes us an "impression - it gets everything at a glance", and in ancient poetry there is the scenic spot, i. e."' there's an end to the words, but not to their message', and that is seldom seen", because the pets of new poetry "excessively believe in the' natural revelation', so that, the poems turn into prose in poetic lines, and their results turn into the prose of lower degree, it doesn' t emerge aesthestic feeling as poetic language does. "After that it led to a debate till now, and there is a lot of critics stick to that standpoit as well. Actually, behind the evaluation of new poetry there exists a reference of brilliant Chinese
classical poetry and lyrics. Chinese classical pony and lyrics have the history of several thousands years, but new poetry' history isn' t enough one hundred years yet. Where will new poetry develop? It is worth exploring seriously, the editor of the present periodical has invited some researchers who are active in the field of poetry to discuss from defferent visual angles in older to give rise to academic circles to pay attention to the present question, and a discussion about it will be among them.