Speaking of Du Fu, all readers will be familiar with it. Du Fu, there is a beautiful word called Shaoling Night Old. He is as famous as Li Bai as a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, leaving many famous works for later generations. He and Li Bai are also called "Du Li".
Du Fu was smart and studious when he was young. He traveled to wuyue, Qi and Zhao successively, but in the later imperial examinations, Du Fu repeatedly failed in the list, from which he learned the luxury and darkness of the aristocratic society in the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu lived in the late Tang Dynasty. The turbulent social situation and chaotic war have formed Du Fu's character of caring about life and state affairs, which is reflected in his poems. In Du Fu's life, 1500 poems were handed down to later generations. His poetic style is gloomy and frustrated, which embodies the Confucian spirit of benevolence and strong sense of hardship, and is called "the sage of poetry" by later generations.
In the textbook of junior high school, a famous work by Du Fu is recorded, which is called "The Hut is Blown by Autumn Wind", in which "a group of children in Nancun bully me, but they can stand being thieves on the other side. This poem, "Open arms into bamboo, burning lips, thirsty and breathless, sighing when you come back", can reflect the bleak scene of the author in his later years.
In the third year of Tang Dynasty (AD 768), Du Fu was homesick in Tanzhou, so he took a boat to Jiangling and then transferred to Hubei Public Security Bureau. However, forced by his livelihood, he had to return to Tanzhou again the following year.
In the fifth year of Dali, Zangzan made an insurrection in Tanzhou, and Du Fu had to flee to Chenzhou, ready to take refuge in his uncle. However, when the boat went to Leiyang, the river suddenly swelled, and Du Fu had to stop in Tianyi Fang temporarily. At this time, Du Fu has not entered for five days and five nights. Fortunately, after the local county magistrate heard about it, he specially sent wine and meat, and Du Fu saved his life. However, according to historical records, "In the second year of Yongtai (which should be five years of Dali), Du Fu vomited beef and white wine and died overnight in Leiyang at the age of 59", that is to say, Du Fu died of sudden illness due to drinking a lot of meat in a state of extreme hunger. As for what disease Du Fu died of? Modern medical scientists have many sayings, one is overeating and the other is acute dysentery. Interestingly, however, compared with Du Fu's death, the mystery of his burial place seems to be more mysterious, and later generations have different opinions on it.
Where is Du Fu buried? There are actually eight kinds of sayings in modern times. The first argument is that Du Fu was buried near Oda, Anding Town, Pingjiang County, Hunan Province after his death in Leiyang County, and the historical records on which he was based were recorded as Pingjiang County Records. However, it is recorded in the Biography of Old Tang Fu that Du Fu was buried on the spot after Leiyang's death. Leiyang County Records also records that "Ling Du Temple is located in the north of the county seat, and Du Fu's tomb is behind the temple", which is considered as Du Fu's resting place.
The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty also records: "In the Yuan Dynasty, the successor of Zongwu moved from Leiyang to shouyangshan in the northwest of Yanshi County." Du Fu was indeed buried in Leiyang, but later his descendants removed his bones and buried him in Yanshi, Henan. This is the third way of saying it. The fourth statement comes from Hua, which records: "Du Fu was buried in Leiyang and his grandson was buried in Gongxian." It is believed that Du Fu was indeed moved to Gong County, Henan Province.
In addition, there are Du Fu's tombs in Xiangyang City, Hebei Province, Fuxian County, Shaanxi Province, Huazhou City, Shaanxi Province, and Huanhuaxi in the western suburbs of Chengdu, Sichuan Province. As for the degree of truth, it is not yet possible to give a clear statement.
At this time, some readers will ask, which of the eight Du Fu tombs in China is the real Du Fu tomb? To solve this mystery, we still need to look for clues in historical records. According to historical records, Du Fu once said a word before he died, which may also be the key to deciphering the true location of Du Fu's tomb. Du Fu said that "you can't be juxtaposed with your distant ancestors before you die, but you should be buried with them after you die", which means that you can't be juxtaposed with your ancestors during your lifetime, but you should be buried with them after you die. The new leader of the Party refers to Du Yu, general of Cheung Nam in Jin Dynasty. He was a famous politician, strategist and scholar at that time, and was later transferred to Zhennan as a general. He was one of the commanders in the Battle of Jin and Wu, and he was the thirteenth ancestor of Du Fu.
In this way, as long as we can find the tomb of Du Yu, the general of Zhennan in the Jin Dynasty, we can find Du Fu's tomb. Where is Du Yu buried? His tomb is located near shouyangshan, yanshi city. In the epitaph written by Yuan Zhen, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, there is a saying that he was buried as the tomb of King Wen, so it can be proved once again that Du Fu was buried on the side of the tomb of King Wen, alongside the tomb of Du Fu's grandfather DUZH. Besides, in the Tang Dynasty, yanshi city belonged to the capital city at that time, and it was reasonable for Du Fu's descendants to bury their ancestors in Yanshi. After all, this is not only the starting point of family glory, but also the burial place of many ancestors.
It is precisely because of the above that Du Fu's real burial place is based on the theory of Yanshi in Henan. But even if the mystery of Du Fu's tomb seems confusing, it will not affect its important influence on later generations. For such a great poet, he left behind not only a mystery, but also too many precious spiritual and cultural heritages, which are worthy of praise by future generations.