当奚密教授1994年3月访问北京大学之际,谢冕教授请我讲讲外国汉学家对于中国当代诗歌的一些看法。我虽然感到很荣幸,但同时也有些害怕,只能就我这个外国汉学家对于中国当代诗歌的印象谈些看法。因为此话题相当广泛,我便决定讲讲评介和翻译这些诗歌,作为外国人的某些长处和短处,再提供外国人在这方面已做的工 When Professor Ximei visited Peking University in March 1994, Professor Xie Mian asked me to explain foreign sinologists’ views on Chinese contemporary poetry. Although I am honored, I am also somewhat scared and can only talk about the impression that this foreign sinologist has on contemporary Chinese poetry. Because of this rather extensive topic, I decided to talk about commenting on and translating these poems as some of the strengths and weaknesses of foreigners, and providing foreigners the work they have done in this area