与余光中、洛夫同时代的周梦蝶，是华语重要诗人之一。他的诗作常借典故，早期诗歌充满禅意和思辨，语言简凝、洁净；晚年诗歌更关注对日常事物的书写，风格转向生活化。
周梦蝶留下诗作三百余首，本书精选66首。收录早期代表作《孤独国》《还魂草》，有表现诗人思辨意识的《行到水穷处》《摆渡船上》，也有诗人晚年致敬辛波丝卡的《我选择》，呈现出诗人一生的风格流变。
作者简介
周梦蝶（1921—2014），本名周起述，原籍河南，28岁随军赴中国台湾。退伍后加入蓝星诗社，在台北街头摆书摊谋生，因在街头默坐修禅，被称为“诗坛僧人”，早期作品有《孤独国》（1959）、《还魂草》（1965），后又出版选集《周梦蝶世纪诗选》（2000），晚年笔耕不辍，出版诗集《约会》（2002）、《十三朵白菊花》（2004）、《有一种鸟或人》（2009）。
Zhou Mengdie, a contemporary of Yu Guangzhong and Love, is one of the most important Chinese poets. His early poems are full of Zen and speculation, the language is simple and clean; In his later years, poems paid more attention to the writing of daily things, and the style turned to life.
Zhou Mengdie left more than 300 poems, 66 of which are selected in this book. It includes the early representative works "The Lonely Country" and "The Returning Grass", the poet's critical consciousness, "Walking to the water is poor" and "The Ferry Boat", and the poet's "I Choose" in his later years to pay tribute to Szymborska, showing the style change of the poet's life.
About the author
Zhou Mengdie (1921-2014), whose real name was Zhou Qishu, was born in Henan Province and went to Taiwan with the army at the age of 28. After retiring from the army, he joined the Blue Star Poetry Club and made a living at a book stall in the streets of Taipei. He was known as a "monk in the poetry circle" because he sat quietly in the streets to meditate. His early works included The Country of Solitude (1959) and The Returning Grass (1965), and later published the anthology Selected Poems of Zhou Mengdie's Century (2000). He has published books of poetry, Dating (2002), Thirteen White Chrysanthemums (2004), and There Is a Bird or a Man (2009).
