“在新诗当中,林庚的分量或者比任何人更重些,因为他完全与西洋文学不相干,而在新诗里很自然的,同时也是突然的,来一份晚唐的美丽了”。这是废名在他的《谈新诗》(三四十年代他在北大的讲义合集)中的一段话。废名以他诗人的性情,特意标举了林庚在新诗中的某种特殊意义,同时也勾画出林庚诗歌的主要特色。 而在林庚的诗中,废名又特别激赏《沪之雨夜》一首,认为是一 “Among the new poems, Lin Geng’s weight is either heavier than anyone else because he is completely irrelevant to western literature and natural in the new poetry, but also suddenly, to present the beauty of the late Tang Dynasty.” This is the passage of Fei Ming in his “New Poetry Talk” (his collection of lectures at Peking University in 1930s and 1940s). Fei Ming, with his poet’s temperament, specifically named Lin Geng’s special significance in the new poetry, and also delineated the main characteristics of Lin Geng’s poetry. In Lin Geng’s poem, the fame is also a special appreciation of “Rain in Shanghai,” a, that is one