The author of this poem is Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu's poems have won numerous praises for their "gloomy and frustrated" style. In a sense, Du Fu is greater than Li Bai. Because most of Li Bai's poems are uninhibited and cannot be imitated. However, Du Fu's painstaking efforts in engraving words and designs can make later generations imitate and learn, so later poets often admire Du Fu more.
Returning to this poem, Du Fu left the Three Gorges from Kuizhou in 766 A.D. and visited Song Yuzhai, Yuxin Ancient House, Zhaojun Village, Yong 'an Palace, Ancestral Temple, Wuhou Temple and other historic sites successively, expressing his feelings for the ancients and writing a farewell song. This poem is specially written for Wang Zhaojun. Its words are subtle and elegant, and there are infinite grievances besides literary talent, which makes people have a long aftertaste.
Major achievements
Calling on the evil spirits of the Han Dynasty to return to the Han Dynasty and show their monarch to leave the fortress not only prompted the Huns to end years of division and war, but also laid the foundation for the reunification of the Central Plains dynasty. Coupled with the strengthening of exchanges between the two sides, the relatively backward ethnic minorities at that time inevitably yearned for the advanced system of the Central Plains, prompting some ethnic minorities to imitate the system of the Central Plains.
Wang Zhaojun's story is widely circulated among the people, and his poems, words, novels and operas are mostly based on it. According to statistics, there are more than 700 poems reflecting Wang Zhaojun in past dynasties, and there are nearly 40 kinds of operas and novels related to them. More than 500 famous writers have written Wang Zhaojun's deeds.