“我们对于新文学运动的史绩不去稽考则已,假如对年青的爱好文艺者谈起新文学运动发端的史实的话,无论你是如何偏心的人,我想总落不了这位参加过几阵生死战的老将——刘半农.”这一评价虽出自纪念刘半农的文章,但却具有史家的眼光.刘半农是五四文学革命运动的台柱之一,是“在白话诗方面尽了开路先锋责任”的先驱者、在新文学史上留下了彪炳史册的功勋.其在新诗理论建树方面的贡献,大致可以从三方面去考察:提出诗歌的真实观念,推进诗歌的形式革新和研究诗歌的民族方向. “If we are not concerned with the historical record of the new literary movement, if we talk about the historical facts about the beginning of the new literary movement to young hobbyists and writers, no matter how eccentric you are, A veteran of life and death battle - Liu Bannong. ”Although this review is from an article commemorating Liu Bannong but with a historian’s perspective, Liu Bannong is one of the pillars of the May Fourth Literary Revolutionary Movement and“ pioneering responsibility in opening vernacular ” Has given a meritorious service in the history of new literature, and has contributed much to the accomplishment of new poetry theory from three aspects: putting forward the true concept of poetry, promoting the formal innovation of poetry and studying the national direction of poetry .