Mu Dan is considered the foremost figure in modern Chinese poetry, leaving behind fewer than 160 poems in his lifetime; "He possessed a kind of spiritual anguish, which imbued even his most ordinary ideas with a profound weight and solemnity." His translations of works by Pushkin, Shelley, Byron, Auden, and others have deeply influenced generations of readers. This book, drawing upon detailed historical documents, recounts the turbulent life of poet Mu Dan and translator Zha Liangzheng amidst a rapidly changing era.
穆旦被视为中文现代诗歌第一人，一生留下的诗作仅不到160首；“他有一种灵魂上的痛苦，而这使他最普通的观念都得了一种深重和庄严”。他翻译的普希金、雪莱、拜伦、奥登等人的作品深深影响了一代又一代的读者。本书借助翔实的文献，记述了诗人穆旦/翻译家查良铮在风云变幻的时代中激荡起伏的一 生。
穆旦被视为中文现代诗歌第一人，一生留下的诗作仅不到160首；“他有一种灵魂上的痛苦，而这使他最普通的观念都得了一种深重和庄严”。他翻译的普希金、雪莱、拜伦、奥登等人的作品深深影响了一代又一代的读者。本书借助翔实的文献，记述了诗人穆旦/翻译家查良铮在风云变幻的时代中激荡起伏的一 生。
