ZHENG Min, China’s famous poet, was born in 1920 in Beijing. Her ancestral home is Minhou, Fujian Province. She was educated in both Asia and the West and has been living for more than 70 years under two very different social systems. We can learn about a specific time in China’s history through a poet’s contradictory, complicated and profound interpretation. Her ancestral home is Minhou, Fujian Province. She was educated in both Asia and the West and has been living for more than 70 years under two very different social systems. We can learn about a specific time in China’s history through a poet’s contradictory, complicated and profound interpretation.