Du Fu's youth coincided with the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the atmosphere of stability and prosperity in the prosperous Tang Dynasty made Du Fu lead a life of wandering north and south and courting horses in his early years. During this period, he traveled to Shandong, Henan, Hebei, wuyue and other places, and met Li Bai, Gao Shi and others. The three of them drank a lot and had a deep friendship.
During this period, Du Fu's poems mostly described what he saw and heard while roaming, or expressed his praise and love for the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. Or express patriotic feelings and express enthusiasm for serving the country; Or exchange answers with friends, say goodbye, and express feelings of parting.
The ideological content of Du Fu's later poems
After the An Shi Rebellion broke out, Du Fu's experience can be divided into two stages: being trapped as a thief and being an official, and drifting southwest. At this time, Du Fu fell into the hands of rebels and was escorted to Chang 'an. Later, he left to collect the remains, was demoted, and finally abandoned his official position to go to Shu, and began a wandering life in his later years. The Anshi Rebellion brought countless disasters and brought the theme of war-torn life into the field of vision of poetry.
Du Fu exposed the great damage and disaster caused by this war by describing the miserable life of the bottom people extensively and comprehensively.
During this period, Du Fu's poems mainly expressed the sad feelings of returning to his native land. Hard-won ambition and loss of mood; The feeling of loneliness in the lost years; Optimism that loves life, kindness that worries about the world. The overall tone of his creation is sad and vicissitudes.
Extended data
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.
In terms of meter, Du Fu's poems are characterized by refined words and neat antithesis, which conforms to the "architectural beauty" of China's poems. In addition, Du Fu also has many innovations in genre, such as his creativity in the Five-Seven Laws and his uniqueness in literary creation.
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