How Du Fu's Poems Reflect the Anshi Rebellion

Li Xinan is the work of Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem calls Li He of Tongguan the "three officials". The whole poem is divided into two levels: the first twelve sentences describe the scene of the army catching Ding and the separation of flesh and blood, and reveal the pain brought to the people by the An-Shi rebellion; After 16 sentence, the pen front turned to enlighten and comfort the people. This poem reflects the author's expectation for the rulers to quell the rebellion as soon as possible and realize the revival of the dynasty.

In the winter of the first year of Gan Yuan, Tang Suzong (758), Guo Ziyi recovered Chang 'an and Luoyang. Soon, he and Li Guangbi, Wang Sili and other nine our troops advanced and surrounded the rebels in Anqingxu with 200,000 troops in Yecheng (Xiangzhou, now Anyang, Henan). The situation is very satisfactory.

However, the fatuous Tang Suzong and Hengli don't trust the troops of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. They didn't set up a commander-in-chief, but only sent eunuch Yu Chaoen to comfort Guan Junrong. As a result, the army was not unified and morale was low. The two armies were deadlocked until the following spring, and Shi Siming reinforced them. Tang Jun was defeated by Yecheng.

Guo Ziyi surrendered to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and the rest of the troops fled to their respective guards. An Qingxu and Shi Siming almost occupied Luoyang again. Fortunately, Guo Ziyi led his northern army to break the Heyang Bridge, which prevented Anshi's army from going south. After World War I, the loyalist troops were scattered and died, and the soldiers were in urgent need of replenishment. So the court ordered conscription. Du Fu returned to Huazhou from Luoyang, passed by Xin 'an, saw the conscription, and wrote this poem.