The title "Sorrow for Chen Tao" is sorrow for Chen Tao's failure. "Meng Dong is a good family in ten counties, and blood is the water of Chen Taoze." Du Fu is very direct. The soldiers who took part in the Battle of Chen Tao were young people from good families in ten counties in northwest China. However, they all died in this battle. Their blood flowed into Chen Taoze and dyed the water in the river red, as if the water in this big river was the blood of those young soldiers. It was terrible. I think these soldiers may be my neighbor's youngest son, my relatives and nephews, and even my son. How can I not be sad? What's more, it's winter, the weather is cold, and my heart is colder. How should the families of the deceased feel? It's not too cold! The first couplet illustrates the time and result of the war. It is not a complete objective record, but it is more shocking than the real historical record.
"There is no sound of war in the wild, and 40,000 rebels died on the same day." Look at the battlefield, the vast wilderness, the weather is fine, 40,000 righteous men went to the grave, and the sun was like blood, which matched the blood of soldiers in Zezhong. I can't imagine how tragic it is that these 40 thousand soldiers died together. I can only imagine the silence and solemnity after their death. The first couplet did not explain enough, and the couplet once again explained the battlefield situation. Du Fu showed the most painful part of the battle and edited it well.
"When Hu and his party came back, they washed their arrows with blood and still sang" Don't drink the city ". Du Fu is in Chang 'an occupied by rebels. What he saw was the returning conference semifinals, who were shot in the back and bloodied. This blood is really sad. But the conference semifinals are still singing and drinking in the city. How happy they are and how painful my heart is. This couplet describes the victorious return of the Hu people. When the loser looks at the winner, he is always hurt by 10 thousand points.
"Everyone turned to the north and cried, looking forward to the loyalist day and night." People in Chang 'an cry in the direction of Chen Tao. The loyalist failed this time. We are still looking forward to fighting the loyalist again day and night. In order to recover our country, we had to step on the bodies of martyrs. This couplet is about the governor, who is trapped in Chang 'an and whose heart is in the imperial court. How many people are there? Du Fu is one.
Sometimes, poets are really useless, and so is Du Fu. What can he do if he is trapped in Chang 'an? Besides drinking, besides writing poems.
So on such a snowy day, I wrote this song "To Snow".
"There are many new ghosts crying in the war, and the old man is alone." Many new ghosts are in sharp contrast with an old man. One is crying and the other is reciting a poem. Is Du Fu hating himself? Right?
"The clouds are low and dusk, and the snow dance returns." At this time, the weather is gloomy, looking out, the clouds in the sky are low and it is already dark. The wind is crazy and the snow is flying in the air. The air pressure is so low that people are sad, the snow is so annoying, and the mood is so bad. Scenery blending, scenery description will write the true mood.
Du Fu's loneliness and sadness can be seen in general.
"The ladle is abandoned without green, and the fire in the furnace is like red." Now there is no wine ladle, because there is no green wine in the bottle, and the wine ladle has been abandoned by me; There is no charcoal fire to keep warm in winter, only an empty stove is there. I think there seems to be a red flame in it.
Why do you want to mention the wine that is not there and the wine bottle that is not there? Why do you want to mention the fire that is not in the empty stove? How sad and painful Du Fu should be at this time, but is there any wine to drown his sorrows? Is there a fire to keep warm? No, think about it, how miserable Du Fu's heart should be. "The news in several States has been broken, and I am worried about sitting in the book." Several States in the country may fall, but the news is still uncertain. I can only write in the air sadly and express my feelings.
Du Fu is so concerned about the country and the people. His actions and daily life are for the country and the people. This is the value of Du Fu. He can live a poor life, but he can't lose his concern for the country and the people.