Yu cites Goethe, who said that all of his poems were rooted in what he saw and experienced. He said he would write about whatever he encountered-for instance, attending the funeral of a friend or being spurned in love. There was no need for these matters to touch his deepest inner desires or to complete some vast philosophical structure; they were simply what he experienced in life.
德國文豪歌德說過意思大約是這樣的話：他所有的詩皆即事即景，遇有什麼可寫的就寫，諸如朋友的告別式、失敗的戀愛，並非有什麼觸動了內心深處，並非為了要去挖掘深沉的希望，完成博大的哲學體系，一切都是從生活中來。