Du Fu (A.D. 7 12- A.D. 770) was born in Xiangyang, Han nationality, and then moved to Gong County, Henan Province. A great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty, who claimed to be a young man at night, was called "Du Li" together with Li Bai. In order to distinguish Li Shangyin, Du Mu and Xiao Du Li, Du Fu and Li Bai are also called Da Du Li, and Du Fu is often called Lao Du.
Du Fu's influence on China's classical poetry is far-reaching, and he is called "the sage of poetry" by later generations, and his poems are called "the history of poetry". Later generations called him Du Shiyi and Du Gongbu, and also called him Du Shaoling and Du Caotang.
Du Fu wrote such famous works as Spring Hope, Northern Expedition, Three Officials and Three Farewells. In 759, Du Fu abandoned his official position and went to Sichuan. Although he fled the war and lived a relatively stable life, he still cared about his life and managed state affairs. Although Du Fu is a realistic poet, he also has a wild and unruly side. It is not difficult to see Du Fu's heroism and dry clouds from his masterpiece Song of Drinking Eight Immortals.
The core of Du Fu's thought is the Confucian thought of benevolent government, and he has the great wish of "making the monarch Yao and Shun superior, and then making the customs pure". Although Du Fu was not famous during his lifetime, his fame spread far and wide, which had a far-reaching impact on China literature and Japanese literature. About 65,438+0,500 poems of Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected by Du Gongbu.
Li Bai (70 1-762), whose real name is Taibai, was born in Ji Cheng, Longxi (now Tianshui City, Gansu Province), Suiye City on the Suiye River in Kyrgyzstan, which belongs to the Hufu of Tang 'an (now tokmak City, Chuhe Prefecture), and grew up in Changlong County, Mianzhou, Jiannan Province (now jiangyou city, Sichuan Province). There are such titles as "Poet Fairy", "Poet Xia", "Brewmaster" and "Immortal Fairy", which are collectively called Da with Du Fu (referred to as Li Shangyin and Du Mu).
According to the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Li Bai is the ninth grandson of Gui Li, the King of Liang. According to this statement, Li Bai is the same clan as the kings of Li Tang, and is the same generation brother as Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin. Others say that his ancestors were Li or Li Yuanji; According to Old Tang Book, Li Bai's father, Li Ke, was appointed as the city guard.
In the third year of An Shi Rebellion (756), he felt angry and difficult, and joined Li Lin, the shogunate of Wang Yong. Unfortunately, Wang Yong and Su Zong competed for the throne and were defeated and exiled to Yelang (in today's Guizhou). I was forgiven on the way and wrote "Send Baidicheng early". In his later years, he drifted in the southeast, and soon died. Some people say that he was "born and died after drinking" (see Pi Rixiu's Poems of Li Hanlin). Others say that it was sudden death due to drinking (see Old Tang Book). It is also said that he was drunk and drowned in the lake, which has a long history and is widely circulated.
His works are imaginative, romantic, dreamy and brilliant. Poetry is like running water, just like nature itself. Li Bai's poems have been circulated for thousands of years, and many poems have become classics, such as "But since the water is still flowing, although we cut it with swords, we are more worried when we raise our glasses". Li Bai's artistic achievements in poetry and song are regarded as the pinnacle of China's romantic poetry. Li Bai's poems are included in volumes 16 1 to 185. There is a collection of Li Taibai handed down from generation to generation. Du Fu once commented on Li Bai's article like this: Putting pen to paper scares the wind and rain, and poetry makes the gods cry.
Du Fu has more than 1.500 poems, while Li Bai has only 1.85, which shows that Li Bai's poetic ability is not as good as Du Fu's.
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