Portrait of Victor Gong
Poet · Scholar

Victor Gong

龚刚

Professor in the Department of Chinese at the University of Macau and Editor-in-Chief of 《南国文艺评论》. Founder of the poetics of Neo-Hsinglingism (新性灵主义), of the New Hsingling school of poetry and of the Seven Swordsmen Poetry Society.

新性灵主义
Neo-Inspirationalism emblem: seven swords around the character 诗

Neo-Hsinglingism Poetics

Also rendered Neo-Inspirationalism

A contemporary Chinese poetic movement founded and practised by Victor Gong, with poetry and theory emerging after 2010 and advocated since around 2019.

Neo-Hsinglingism reinterprets the classical Hsingling (Xingling) school of poetry of the Ming and Qing dynasties, associated with figures such as Yuan Mei, which valued individual temperament, intuition and authentic feeling.

Essays and manifestos on Neo-Hsinglingism will be added here.

01我听到了时间的雨声
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I Hear the Rain of Time

Poems

Poems and notes from this collection will appear here.

02超现实的猫
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The Surreal Cat

Poems

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03在荔枝碗写诗
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Writing Poems at Lychee Bowl

Poems

Poems and notes from this collection will appear here.

04味
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Le goût

Taste

Book

Le goût

Paul Ariès; Gong Gang. Description and publication details to be added.

05七剑诗选
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Selected Poems of the Seven Swordsmen

From the Seven Swordsmen Poetry Society, founded by Victor Gong.

Selected poems by the society’s members will appear here.

06新性灵主义诗选
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Neo-Hsinglingism Poetry Selection

Anthology

Book

Neo-Hsinglingism Poetry Selection

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07《南国文艺评论》
Cover of the first issue of Nanguo Literary Review

Selections from the Review

Essays and reviews from the journal edited by Victor Gong.

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Poetry

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