最近,不少媒体发表文章,纪念新诗诞生一百周年。好几位专家指出,1917年胡适在《新青年》发表的八首新诗,是中国新诗的开山之作。胡适在提倡新诗方面是有功劳的,《新青年》在推荐新诗上也起了重要作用。不过,新诗是否只有一百年的历史?这个问题似乎需要进一步研究。新诗和白话文运动是分不开的。五四运动大张旗鼓地鼓吹白话文,但是,提倡白话文不始于五四,而始于维新运动。早在1887年,“诗 Recently, many media published articles commemorating the centenary of the birth of the new poem. Several experts pointed out that the eight new poems published by Hu Shih in 1917 in ”New Youth“ are the pioneering works of new Chinese poetry. Hu Shi was helpful in promoting new poetry, and ”New Youth“ also played an important role in recommending new poems. However, is the new poem only a hundred years old? This question seems to need further study. New poetry and vernacular sports are inseparable. The May 4th Movement advocated vernacular with great fanfare. However, promoting vernacular does not start with the May Fourth Movement but from the Reform Movement. As early as 1887, ”Poetry