Du Mu and Li Shangyin are the most outstanding and representative poets in the late Tang Dynasty. Compared with Li Bai and Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, people called them "Little Du Li". Their poetry creation is enough to make the sky in the late Tang Dynasty glow with sunset glow. Du Mu has a distinguished predecessor, brilliant and useful. He is eager to save the world and people. Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time, so he turned to depravity in life. This kind of thoughts, feelings and attitude towards life had an impact on his poetry creation. Du Mu has many works on current affairs, patriotism and people's themes, such as Hehuang and Early Goose. Look at the poem "The Early Goose":
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"The autumn scenery of Jinhe is half-rolled, and the worry is scattered outside the cloud. On the moonlit night, the wild geese swept over the dew, and the mournful sound reached the dark palace of the palace. You know, legal cigarettes in the north can no longer go home with spring breeze. People are not tired of Xiaoxiang, and the water is rich in rice and raspberry moss. "
By contrast, geese are used to express their feelings, which means that people in frontier areas are forced to flee to the south under the intrusion of foreign nationalities and express their deep sympathy for their tragic situation. At the same time, it deeply satirizes the fatuous corruption that the rulers are unable to protect the national frontier and ignore the sufferings of the border people. Du Mu's poems about history and nostalgia have attracted people's attention for their unique achievements in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. For historical figures and events, poets often recite for penetrating and profound historical knowledge. These poems are basically seven poems or seven methods. Such as Chibi, Tiaojiang Pavilion, Aiwu Palace, Suiyuan, Jinguyuan, Jinggu Palace, Sandu Qing Palace Poems, Leyou Tomb, etc. Try reading some famous books.
The poem "Red Cliff" says: "Break the halberd and sink the sand and iron, and learn from the previous dynasty. Dongfeng does not follow Zhou Lang, and Tongquetai locks Er Qiao in spring. " "Title Wujiang Pavilion": "Unexpectedly, it is men who are ashamed. Jiangdong's children are versatile, and it is not known that they will make a comeback. " They are all celebrated by people with novel and unique historical knowledge and incisive comments. Du Mu's poems about history are not simply "reminiscing about old feelings", but satirizing the dark politics and decadent social reality in the late Tang Dynasty through the rise and fall of history.
For example, the first part of "Three Poems of Crossing Huaqing Palace": "Chang 'an looks back at the embroidered pile, and the top of the mountain opens a thousand times. Riding the world of mortals and laughing, no one knew it was litchi. "Poets use the well-known historical facts of Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei's debauchery to satirize the real politics of late Tang society, but they don't show traces. They only express their historical views through the aesthetic images of poetry.
Du Mu also has many works that write lyrical scenes and record chanting things, which are fresh, elegant and meaningful. Rich aesthetic taste and rich ideological implication are integrated in these works, and excellent works are one after another. Such as "Bo Qinhuai": "The smoke cage is full of sand in the cold month, and the night is near Qinhuai Restaurant. Strong women in business do not know how to hate the country, but still sing flowers across the river. " Writing a moonlit night near Qinhuai, the scene is hazy, sighing that people are drunk and dreaming of death, and I don't know that the country is not far away, and the meaning is profound.
Du Mu's poems are highly respected in the late Tang Dynasty, with unique style and high aesthetic value. The predecessors' comments on the characteristics of Du Mu's poems are "handsome", "handsome" and "vivid charm". All Wang Zu of A Qing Dynasty said: "Du Mu's talent is the first person after Tang Changqing!" Praise. Li Shangyin also wrote poems to express his admiration for Du Mu: "High-rise buildings have a warm sense of wind and rain, and short wings are not as good as heroes. Deliberately hurting the spring and getting hurt again, there is only Du Sixun in the world. " Du Sixun pointed out a feature of Du Mu's poems, that is, the feelings of worrying about the country and the people are intertwined with the tenderness of hurting others.