<p>This is 张东阁 speaking. I think to understand this, I need to understand the mentality of China in the 1970s, but still, "主题先行" puzzles me. "Themes go first"?? What themes?</p>

<p>我是在上世纪70年代开始剪纸创作。<br>
I started doing paper-cutting last century in the 70s.<br>
当时收到“主题先行”的创作思潮影响，<br>
At that time I was influenced by the "big themes come first" creative tide of thought,<br>
一味追求服务于时代，<br>
I only wanted to serve our country at that time,<br>
抓大题材，<br>
take up the important themes,<br>
抓时代气息，<br>
grasp the Zeitgeist,<br>
因此，<br>
therefore,<br>
在表现手法上大都抛弃了传统剪纸的影响。<br>
in my expressive technique I mostly abandoned the influence of traditional paper-cutting.</p>

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2018-01-09T02:05:11.650Z
主题先行 here should be a technical term in 剪纸创作. This might not be a language question, but a technical one.
dan
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2018-01-09T08:05:49.297Z
just some quick notes: #1 http://www.scidict.org/index.aspx?word=%E4%B8%BB%E9%A2%98%E5%85%88%E8%A1%8C  [电子信息,商业经济,生活,人文] 主题先行 theme first  收藏  跳转到该词 #2 https://books.google.com/books?id=PnE3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT99&lpg=PT99&dq=%22%E4%B8%BB%E9%A2%98%E5%85%88%E8%A1%8C%22+Subject+First&source=bl&ots=-aQUypdwBq&sig=mecnWJx7bo3__jketKCBmSBjedc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU-ZGotcrYAhUGy2MKHaHtDmUQ6AEIQDAD 影響比較:格里爾遜式與主題先行[Comparison and Influence: Grierson Mode and Subject First] #3 https://www.aaa.org.hk/en/collection/search/library/idea-performance-no-5-5 Idea Performance (No. 5), 主題先行 (總第5期）#4 subject choosing
Mou某
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2018-01-09T08:10:29.863Z
#5 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=16&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiLju2Et8rYAhVR92MKHYR7Cnc4ChAWCEswBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xjishu.com%2Fen%2F063%2Fy389147.html&usg=AOvVaw0AE19NSUelS1c39sp1VO_x 10.Hu Feng Subject View and Subject Advance Thought Probe;胡风的主题观及其主题先行思想试探
Mou某
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当时**受**到“主题先行”的创作思潮影响
tsh
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How to interpret 主题先行？
# How to interpret 主题先行？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-09)

This is 张东阁 speaking. I think to understand this, I need to understand the mentality of China in the 1970s, but still, "主题先行" puzzles me. "Themes go first"?? What themes?

我是在上世纪70年代开始剪纸创作。  
I started doing paper-cutting last century in the 70s.  
当时收到“主题先行”的创作思潮影响，  
At that time I was influenced by the "big themes come first" creative tide of thought,  
一味追求服务于时代，  
I only wanted to serve our country at that time,  
抓大题材，  
take up the important themes,  
抓时代气息，  
grasp the Zeitgeist,  
因此，  
therefore,  
在表现手法上大都抛弃了传统剪纸的影响。  
in my expressive technique I mostly abandoned the influence of traditional paper-cutting.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 主题先行 here should be a technical term in 剪纸创作. This might not be a language question, but a technical one.  
> **username_2**: just some quick notes: #1 http://www.scidict.org/index.aspx?word=%E4%B8%BB%E9%A2%98%E5%85%88%E8%A1%8C  [电子信息,商业经济,生活,人文] 主题先行 theme first  收藏  跳转到该词 #2 https://books.google.com/books?id=PnE3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT99&lpg=PT99&dq=%22%E4%B8%BB%E9%A2%98%E5%85%88%E8%A1%8C%22+Subject+First&source=bl&ots=-aQUypdwBq&sig=mecnWJx7bo3__jketKCBmSBjedc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU-ZGotcrYAhUGy2MKHaHtDmUQ6AEIQDAD 影響比較:格里爾遜式與主題先行[Comparison and Influence: Grierson Mode and Subject First] #3 https://www.aaa.org.hk/en/collection/search/library/idea-performance-no-5-5 Idea Performance (No. 5), 主題先行 (總第5期）#4 subject choosing  
> **username_2**: #5 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=16&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiLju2Et8rYAhVR92MKHYR7Cnc4ChAWCEswBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xjishu.com%2Fen%2F063%2Fy389147.html&usg=AOvVaw0AE19NSUelS1c39sp1VO_x 10.Hu Feng Subject View and Subject Advance Thought Probe;胡风的主题观及其主题先行思想试探  
> **username_3**: 当时**受**到“主题先行”的创作思潮影响  

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