Depression and depression: Du Fu's poems are generally regarded as "depressed" in language. The word "depression" first appeared in the Southern Dynasties, which means "gloomy and thoughtful, sad and picturesque". Later, Du Fu wrote the words "depressed and frustrated", which accurately summarized the language of his works.
Although Du Fu is a realistic poet, he also has a wild and unruly side. It is not difficult to see Du Fu's heroism and dry clouds from his masterpiece Song of Drinking Eight Immortals.
The core of Du Fu's thought is the Confucian thought of benevolent government, and he has the great wish of "making the monarch Yao and Shun superior, and then making the customs pure". Although Du Fu was not famous during his lifetime, his fame spread far and wide, which had a far-reaching impact on China literature and Japanese literature.
About 65,438+0,500 poems of Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected by Du Gongbu.
Young and excellent travel:
At the age of 19 in the 19th year of Kaiyuan, Du Fu traveled to Linyi, Shandong. Twenty years old, roaming wuyue for several years. In the 23rd year of Kaiyuan (735), he returned to his hometown to participate in "rural tribute".
Twenty-four years in Luoyang to take the Jinshi exam, ranking first from the bottom. Du Fu's father was Sima, the secretariat of Yanzhou at that time, so Du Fu went to Yanzhou to visit relatives and began a trip to Qi and Zhao.
In April of the third year of Tianbao (744), Du Fu met Li Bai, who was given money by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, in Luoyang, and they met to travel with Liang and Song (now Kaifeng and Shangqiu, Henan). After that, Du Fu went to qi zhou (now Jinan).
After four years, I went to Yanzhou to see Li Bai in autumn. They visited Taoist temples together, talked about poems and papers, and forged a friendship of "getting drunk in autumn and walking hand in hand with the Japanese". At the end of autumn, the two shook hands and said goodbye. Du Fu ended his roaming life of "Zhao Qi is dissolute and Qiu Ma is quite crazy" and returned to Chang 'an.