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In July12, Du Fu was born in a family of civil servants in Gongyi, Henan. His father Du Xian later became the county magistrate of Ganxian County, Shaanxi Province. When Du Fu was born, Du Fu was just 30 years old and married for two years. At that time, he married late and gave birth late.
Du Jiaben is a noble family, but he is a county-level cadre. Therefore, Du Fu always likes to move out of his ancestors to prove that he is from a famous family.
Showing off his family is sometimes even something that Du Fu is extremely proud of.
Du Fu's mother's surname is Cui, and Cui Shi is a famous family in the Tang Dynasty. His mother's family was once famous.
Du Fu's grandmother is the daughter of Yiyang Wang Liyan, and Li Yan's grandfather is Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong. Du Fu's grandfather's mother is the daughter of Li Yuan, the king of Shu, the eighteenth son of Li Yuan, the great-grandfather and the younger brother of Li Shimin.
Simply put, Du Fu's grandmother's mother and grandfather's mother were once princesses.
Du Fu always talks about these two people.
One is Du Yu, a famous Jin Dynasty star in the Three Kingdoms period. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Yu should have been a very famous person, otherwise, he wouldn't always mention the thirteen grandchildren.
Du Yu is skilled in strategy and has won many battles, so he is known as "Du Wuku". What is most worth showing off is that he participated in and helped Cao Wei destroy Wu.
The story of a distant ancestor who went to the battlefield and made meritorious deeds is always fierce. Du Fu also dreamed of galloping on the battlefield and serving the country. It is said that Du Fu's archery is still very high.
But in fact, there has never been a military commander in Du Fu's family, and writing poems is a tradition in their family.
Du Fu's grandfather's name is Du Shenyan, and his five-character poems are so well written that later generations even think that he is one of the founders of five-character poems.
Du Shenyan is the second person Du Fu often talks about.
Du became famous when he was a teenager. He is very famous. Together with Li Qiao, Cui Rong and Su Weidao, they are also called "four friends of the article".
Du is famous for his poems, but his character has been criticized. He wrote many poems praising Wu Zetian, and became attached to the Zhang Yizhi brothers of Wuhou. He likes to talk big and arrogant.
He said that his articles surpassed Qu Yuan and Song Yu, and his calligraphy surpassed Wang Xizhi.
Du Fu's determination to write poetry was deeply influenced by his grandfather.
He dreamed that one day his poem title would be the same as his grandfather's. Unexpectedly, a hundred years later, Du Fu's poems were called "the history of poetry", and a thousand years later, Du Fu's poems were even called the specimens of China's poems and the treasures of China culture.
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A few years before Du Fu was born, his mother died. His father continued to marry Lu and gave birth to several brothers and sisters for Du Fu. Du Fu was placed in foster care with his aunt in Luoyang.
Du Fu's childhood was pitiful. After all, he is an orphan without a mother.
Du Fu's aunt is a kind-hearted and self-sacrificing woman. In Du Fu's eyes, although she is not a mother, she is better than her mother.
My aunt treats Du Fu better than her own son. On one occasion, Du Fu and his aunt's son contracted smallpox at the same time. Auntie always takes care of her nephew before her son.
Seeing that my nephew's condition gradually improved, my son's condition became worse and worse, and he died soon.
Well-intentioned people told Du Fu this story, but it became a heavy burden on his mind. So Du Fu mentioned his aunt in many poems.
He will always remember that it was this aunt who gave him life again.
Du Fu was weak and sickly when he was young, and often took part in physical exercise. His own poems are the best evidence:
Pears are ripe in August before the court, and thousands of trees can be planted in one day.
Du Fu, like other scholars, took part in calligraphy training classes. At that time, calligraphy was a compulsory course for every scholar.
Du Fu copied Yu Shinan's calligraphy at the age of nine, and his brushwork was excellent, and his pen was in place, almost confusing the fake with the real, which was called wonderful by everyone!
The knowledge about calligraphy and painting in Du Fu's later poems was learned in a training class when he was a child.
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Du Fu spent most of his childhood in Luoyang, a world-famous bustling city at that time, although it was not as good as Chang 'an in the west and Yangzhou in the east. After all, it is the eastern capital, with prosperous economy and culture.
Luoyang celebrities Cui Shang, Wei Qixin and others saw Du Fu's poems and were not only amazed:
"This child is really smart, like the reincarnation of Ban Gu and Yang Xiong!"
In 724, Du Fu was thirteen years old. Tang Xuanzong led hundreds of officials to Luoyang, ready to worship Mount Tai. Du Fu was quoted into the mansion of Li Fan, the king of Qi, and Cui Di, the favorite of Xuanzong, and finally enjoyed the concert of Li Guinian, a famous musician and world-famous singer at that time.
Decades later, Du Fu reunited with Li Guinian in Jiangnan, reminiscing about the past. This poem is so famous that almost all women and children know it:
In the Qi family, I often see your performances; Before urging the wine hall, I praised your art many times.
It is the best scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and you will meet the monarch when the flowers fall.
Wang Qi is Li Fan and Cui Jiu is Cui Di. Du Fu also saw the world in his childhood and often went in and out of aristocratic families. He is already very famous in Luoyang.
Why did Du Fu, a minor celebrity, fail in the college entrance examination?
Let's continue to tell the story-
Du Fu's first half life: from frivolous to poetry-throwing.