Du Fu's poems are good at describing the historical reality at that time and reflecting the present situation of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, so they are called "the history of poetry". From the Anshi Rebellion to entering Shu, Du Fu experienced great turmoil and wrote a lot of realistic works.
Du Shishan observed the reality of life and society rationally and carefully, and realized the sufferings and joys of the people from his own life experience. He had a strong political consciousness and inherited and carried forward the realistic spirit of The Book of Songs, folk songs of Han Yuefu and Jian 'an literature.
Du Fu created a large number of seven-character metrical poems, which were extensive in content, skillful in technique, attached importance to the antithesis of metrical patterns, rigorous in metrical patterns and refined in language, and made great achievements, making the creation of seven-character metrical poems mature. He also wrote new Yuefu poems, describing the sufferings of society and people's livelihood.
Creative features:
In terms of language, Du Fu's poems are generally regarded as "gloomy", with rich changes in language and text structure, and emphasis on wording and sentence making. The word "depressed" was first seen in the Southern Dynasties, which means "the body is depressed and thoughtful, and the sun and the moon are beautiful". Later, Du Fu wrote the word "depressed and frustrated", which accurately summarized the language of his works. "As for depression and frustration, he is always agile, while people in Yang Xiong and Gomez are ordinary."
A further study of Du Fu's poems shows that the formation of his poetic style is closely related to his adherence to Confucianism. At the same time, Du Fu was at the end of his heyday. When he was young, he was ambitious. "When you climb to the top, you will see that other mountains are short under the sky." . Later, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the national movement declined and the official career was unlucky. The great gap between ideal and reality has also caused great changes in Du Fu's poetic style, approaching realism.