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 "depression" first appeared in the Southern Dynasties. 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 Yang Xiong and Gao Mei are ordinary."
Depression refers to the deep meaning of emotion in Du Fu's poems. In Du Fu's poems, there is little personal affection and love, which does not mean that he has no personal feelings, but that he combines personal feelings with feelings of home and country to make his feelings deeper. The cadence refers to the cadence of Du Fu's poems and the subtle twists and turns of expression.
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.
Du Fu's Poetic Images
The individualization of image selection in Du Fu's poems is the basis of his language. Images that often appear in Du Fu's poems, such as ancient scenery, autumn clouds, apes whistling, torch remnants and other natural landscapes, as well as ordinary people such as weaver girls and old women, as well as powerful forces such as officials and generals, all show Du Fu's eagerness to help the world, his denunciation of Gan Kun in troubled times, his indignation at bullying, his sorrow for wandering and displacement, his pity for countless lives, and his praise for helping many people. It is these heavy feelings that are expressed.
The evaluation of Du Fu's later poems in Wu Ling's Poems Around the Stream: "Yang opens and Yin closes" says: "Only the meaning is far-reaching, and the next sentence is unknown". Wu Ling added: "When a mortal writes a poem, he only says one thing in one sentence, but he says two more. Du Fu's poems can say three, four or five things in one sentence; Ordinary people write poetry, which is far less than dozens of miles in front of them. Du Fu's poem can be said to be a hundred miles, two armies and States, and the world is wonderful. "
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Du Fu