 It had been considered an accurate representation of the younger generation during the Chinese Cultural Revolution seeking knowledge and future.The dark night gave me black eyes, 
But I use them to seek the light.黑夜给了我黑色的眼睛 
我却用它寻找光明


Gu Cheng's life was dramatised in the 1998 film "The Poet" (), which focussed on his recurrent depression and the murder of his wife.