A Maze of Stars & Spring Water is a collection of poems directly inspired by the poetic forms that emerged after the May Fourth Movement. Specifically, the âmini poem,â which by Bing Xinâs own admission, hadnât quite existed before she started experimenting with its form. Inspired by Tagoreâs Stray Birds, she started gathering her âscattered and fragmentary thoughts,â not originally intended as poetry, but which would eventually become the present collection. The popularity of the poems and the distinction of the form led the genre to become known as the âBingxin style.â