102 years ago today, on September 7, 1923 (July 27, 1923 in the lunar calendar), Wen Yiduo's poetry collection "Red Candle" was published. In September 1923, Wen Yiduo's poetry collection "Red Candle", a poet who returned from studying in the United States, was published by Taidong Bookstore. There are 62 consecutive poems in the poetry collection, which are divided into 5 pieces: "Li Bai", "Rain Night", "Youth", "Lonely Goose" and "Red Bean". Most of them were written by the poets when they studied in the United States. The main content is the eager thoughts and praise for the motherland, and the exposure of the American invading forces. "Red Candle" is the preface poem, and "Remembrance of Chrysanthemum", "Song of the Sun" and "Lonely Goose" are representative chapters. The author advocates the theory of "art for art's sake", and some of the poems show a tendency towards aestheticism, with an illusory color. Preface poem "Red candle"! Red candle! Such a red candle! Poet! Spit out your heart and compare, but the color is ordinary? Red candle! Who made the wax---gave you the body? Who lit the fire---lit the soul? Why do you have to burn the wax to ashes, and then let out the light? Error again and again; contradiction! Conflict! Red candle! No mistake, no mistake! It was to "burn" your light---this is the way of nature. Red candle! Once made, burn it! Burn it! Burn it! Burn the dreams of the world, and boil the blood of the world - save their souls, and smash their prisons! O red candle! The period when the fire of your heart shines is the day when the tears begin to flow. O red candle! The craftsman made you to burn. Since it has been burned, why do you have to cry sadly? Oh! I see! It is the remnant wind that invades your light, and when you burn unsteadily, you are anxious to cry! O red candle! Stop flowing! How can you not flow? Please flow your ointment to the world without stopping, and cultivate a flower of consolation and bear a happy fruit! O red candle! You shed a tear, but you are distracted. Discouraged tears of your fruit create light of your cause. O red candle! " Don't ask about harvest, but ask about hard work. "