YUAN GUOPING - “Influential Figures in China”

袁国屏，字散人，号“江湖散人”“中原散鹤”“衡峰归雁”。湖南省隆回县人，1943年生于西安，由于出身所累，在那以“阶级斗争”为纲的特殊年代里，小学毕业后到一所半工半读的民办农业中学就读，因特殊环境影响，学校仅办了一年就停办了。

14岁时便以“子顶父职”之罪名投入牛棚，15岁起便以篾匠、弹匠等手艺闯荡于江湖，吃的是百家饭。文革时，在“道县惨案”的波及下，曾逃亡北大荒，在林海雪原的原始森林中过着野人式的避世生活，是现代版的《桃花源》，直至1984年，拨乱反正后才返回故里，让他开始了新的人生。由于人生经历坎坷，其人生轨迹有着不同于他人的传奇色彩……也让他亲睹了当年的社会现实，因此也培育了他那可贵的民本思想，他的作品根植于广大的普通的民众之中，是底层民众的代言人，是实实在在的草根诗人。

由于读书太少，在长期颠沛流离的流浪生涯中自学成材，坐则画地，寝则画被，不管是作诗写字都没有什么师承，甚至有着浓重的江湖色彩，有着一股迥异的清流之风。在当今的诗词界中确是一个另类。他能冲破“歌功颂德”的藩篱，以惊人的史笔直指当今的社会现实，从他的诗作中我们便可以看到作者的铮铮诗骨。他的作品已被许多爱好者收藏，并有着潜在的流传价值和收藏价值。千百年后，就是难得的诗词作品。

作者现为国内十多家诗词学会会员、香港诗词学会会员、香港大中华诗词协会会员、全球汉诗总会会员、中国诗词家协会名誉会长、中原诗词研究会名誉会长、千家诗诗词协会名誉会长、世界和平书画院院士、中国回忆录研究会名誉会长、中国文化旅游诗词协会名誉副会长、益友文学社第一任名誉社长、孔子诗歌协会名誉会长、隆回县袁吉六文化教育研究院特聘教授、世界文艺家企业家交流中心名誉主席、中国诗词书画联盟网名誉主席、巴黎文学社会员、中国博雅汉诗研究会名誉会长等职。

2025年其生平事迹已入编《中国非遗双创人才名录》和《中华英才名录》已出版个人诗集《散人吟草》二集，第三集有待付梓，另出版《散人吟草手稿》一卷（即书法作品）。在历次的诗词大赛中曾多次荣获一等奖、金奖、特等奖。其生平事迹已入编《当代文化名人录》有部分作品被世界和平书画院收藏。

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

袁国平作品欣赏

Appreciation of Yuan Guoping's works

Yuan Guoping, courtesy name Sanren, art names "Jianghu Sanren", "Zhongyuan Sanhe", "Hengfeng Guiyan"

He comes from Longhui County, Hunan Province, born in Xi’an in 1943 (his ID card wrongly records the birth year as 1944). Burdened by his family origin, in the special era when "class struggle" was taken as the core guideline, he bore a political stigma from an early age. He dropped out of school after primary school (as the enrollment policy back then banned children of landlords from entering middle schools). Later he studied in a part-work part-study private agricultural middle school, which closed down after only one year (due to the Three Years of Hardship).

At the age of 14, he was sent to a bullpen under the charge of "taking his father’s job as substitute". Starting from 15, he wandered all over the country making a living as a bamboo craftsman and cotton fluffer, relying on alms from numerous households for food. During the Cultural Revolution, affected by the Daoxian Tragedy, he fled to the Great Northern Wilderness, living a wild reclusive life in primeval snow forests, a modern version of The Peach Blossom Spring. He did not return to his hometown until 1984. (He is grateful to the new Central Party Committee for abolishing the endless struggle, which granted him a brand-new life.) His bumpy life experience endows his life trajectory with legendary hues different from others... He also witnessed the social reality of that age with his own eyes, thus forming his valuable people-centered ideology. His works are rooted in ordinary masses; he speaks for grassroots people and is a down-to-earth grassroots poet.

Deprived of sufficient formal education, he taught himself knowledge during years of displaced wandering. He traced characters on the ground when sitting, and drew on quilt covers when sleeping. He had no master to guide him in poetry writing and calligraphy, so his works carry strong folk features and a distinctive pure and unconventional style. He is indeed an odd one out in today’s poetry circle. He breaks through the confinement of only writing odes and eulogies, exposing current social reality with fearless and truthful writing. Unwavering integrity can be felt between the lines of his poems. His works are collected by many enthusiasts, possessing potential circulation and collection value, and will become rare poetic works hundreds or thousands of years later.

He is currently a member of more than ten domestic poetry societies, member of Hong Kong Poetry Society, member of Hong Kong Greater China Poetry Association, member of Global Chinese Poetry Society, Honorary President of Chinese Poets Association, Honorary President of Zhongyuan Poetry Research Association, Honorary President of Qianjiashi Poetry Association, academician of World Peace Calligraphy and Painting Academy, Honorary President of Chinese Memoir Research Association, Honorary Vice President of China Cultural Tourism Poetry Association, the first Honorary President of Youyou Literature Society, Honorary President of Confucius Poetry Association, Distinguished Professor of Yuan Jiliu Culture and Education Research Institute in Longhui County, Honorary Chairman of World Artists & Entrepreneurs Exchange Center, Honorary Chairman of China Poetry Calligraphy & Painting Alliance Network, member of Paris Literary Society, Honorary President of China Boya Chinese Poetry Research Institute and other posts.

In 2025, his life story was included in Directory of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Innovation Talents and Book of Distinguished Chinese Talents. He has published two volumes of his personal poetry collection Verses of Sanren, with the third volume waiting to be printed. He also released one volume of Manuscript Verses of Sanren (a collection of his calligraphy works). He has won First Prizes, Gold Awards and Special Prizes many times in various poetry competitions. His life story is recorded in Record of Contemporary Cultural Celebrities, and some of his works are collected by World Peace Calligraphy and Painting Academy.