On this day, 35 years ago, on October 15, 1990 (August 27, 1990 in the lunar calendar), modern poet and redologist Yu Pingbo died of illness in Beijing. On October 15, 1990, Yu Pingbo died of illness in Beijing. Yu Pingbo was originally named Yu Mingheng. Born on January 8, 1900 in Deqing, Zhejiang. Modern poet, essayist, and scholar. Graduated from Peking University in liberal arts in 1919. He has served as a professor at Yanjing University, Peking University and other universities. Since 1952, he has been a professor at Peking University and a researcher at the Institute of Literature, China Academy of Social Sciences. During the May 4th Movement, Yu Pingbo was a member of the New Trend Society, the Literary Research Society, and the Yusi Society. In 1922, he collaborated with Zhu Ziqing, Ye Shengtao and others to establish the earliest new poetry magazine "Shi" since the May 4th Movement. The main poems include "Winter Night" and "Returning to the West", and the collection of essays "Zabaner","Dream Encounter of Ancient Sophora","Yan Zhi Cao", etc. "Differentiation of a Dream of Red Mansions" published in 1923 (later reprinted and renamed "Research on a Dream of Red Mansions") is one of the representative works of the "New Red School". After the founding of New China, he was elected as a representative of the First, Second and Third National People's Congress and a member of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.