在中国经济步履蹒跚之际，关于工人群体的故事正引发广泛共鸣。工业革命时期，英国当局曾通过针对工人阶级小册子的法律，因为他们深知文字的力量。那些亲历苦难之人的诗歌与写作，往往具有鼓舞人心的力量。
In a faltering Chinese economy, working-class stories are striking a chord. When British authorities passed laws targeting working-class pamphlets during the Industrial Revolution, they did so because they knew that words can be powerful. The poetry and writing of those who experience hardship can be galvanizing.
在中国，一种由零工经济和工厂工人创作的文学流派——“工人文学”，正日益流行。与此同时，它也面临着政府日益严格的审查。今天，我的同事严庄撰文探讨了中国工人诗人必须谨慎把握的那条微妙界限。“我是一名中国工人”严庄 著在我居住的 Seoul（首尔），在午夜前一点在韩国版亚马逊上下单，并在早上7点前收到包裹，是再平常不过的事。这是零工经济带来的便利的一个鲜明例证，我们中的许多人依赖它来维持生活的顺畅运转。
In China, the People’s Republic, a genre of literature known as “workers’ literature,” written by gig-economy and factory workers, is becoming increasingly popular. It’s also under increasing government scrutiny. Today my colleague Yan Zhuang writes about the fine line that Chinese worker-poets have to walk. ‘I am a Chinese worker’By Yan Zhuang In Seoul, where I live, it’s normal to place an online order on Korea’s equivalent of Amazon a little before midnight and have it arrive at your door before 7 a.m. It’s a striking example of the convenience made possible by the gig economy that so many of us rely on to keep our lives running smoothly.
然而，在全球范围内，这种极致便利背后的人力成本正变得愈发难以忽视。为了了解其中一个国家的具体情况，我最近关注了中国日益增多的书籍、散文和诗歌，这些作品被称为“农民工文学”。
But around the world, the human cost of this ultraconvenience is increasingly hard to ignore. To understand what it looks like in one country, I’ve recently turned to a growing body of books, essays and poems out of China, known as migrant workers’ literature.