写《荒原》的美国诗人艾略特在他的一篇文章《传统与个人才能》中有大意如此的话:如果一个人在二十五岁之后还写诗,那么他就必须考虑自己和历史的关联。海子一九八九年自杀,恰好二十五岁。二十五岁是一个很有意味的年头,可以视为青春期和成年生活的分界线。艾略特的话也可以从“告别青春”的意义上来理解。 Eliot, the American poet who wrote the “Waste Land,” wrote in his essay “Traditions and Personal Talents,” that if a man writes poetry after the age of twenty-five, he must consider himself and his history Associated. Hai Zi committed suicide in 1989, just 25 years old. Twenty-five years is a very interesting year, which can be regarded as the dividing line between adolescence and adult life. Elliot’s words can also be understood in the sense of “goodbye to youth.”