Cang Kejia put great emphasis on writing only what he is familiar with, which is a major feature of his realism. On the relationship between "the needs of the times" and "being familiar with oneself", he emphasized familiarity with the subject matter. Of course, with the changes of the times, poets should be familiar with the new and unfamiliar life in the past, which is complete realism.

In his preface "A War in the Middle" written for Song of the Earth 1946 edition, he said: "When can I stop worrying, grieving and angry about their tragic fate and sing such ugly songs? When, let me sing a happy and liberated song for them-China farmers, in truth, just like they sing a sad song? " He was familiar with farmers in old China, so he wrote about farmers in old China. But he also longs for new people and a new world.

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Another famous saying of Cang Kejia:

1, Ling Xiao's feathers are light and weak, and stones are thrown from the ground.

2, open-minded and happy, always happy, worry-free and long-lived inside.

Life is always chasing magic light, but whoever regards magic light as magic light will sink into the boundless sea of suffering.

4. Some people are alive and he is dead; Some people died, but he is still alive.

5. Suffering nourishes people. Swallow the curse and turn it into strength.

6. As soon as the sun goes down, adults cover their children with horror stories.

7. Youth is a treasure, and youth is gold; Treasure to be excavated, gold to be melted.

8. A hundred generations of waves from great rivers have scoured out heroes of all ages, and a daughter flower has been in full bloom in the Ci Garden for thousands of years.