2. Du Fu was in the transitional stage from the prosperous Tang Dynasty to the middle Tang Dynasty, and experienced frequent class contradictions and wars. His poems naturally show a trend of worrying about the country and the people.
Bai Juyi lived in the middle Tang Dynasty, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty never came back, showing a declining trend. The poet felt that it was necessary to extend his brush strokes to the people in order to seek a good way to govern the country and save the country, so he advocated the "New Yuefu Movement".