Vagare è lieve, grave il pensare

Critical introduction and translation of sections 21-36 of the last poetical collection by
Gao Xingjian published in 2012 at Taiwan. In order to Give an interpretative key to the poetical text
through the analysis of Gao Xingjian’s poetics based on his previous literary production, the analysis
is conducted through three phases: the identification of the themes of the poetical text taken
into consideration; the language; the philosophical thinking on wich the composition is based.
Poetry, that was marginal in Gao Xingjian’s previous production, in this latest creative phase has
became prominent compared with novels and theatre.