In terms of content selection, Du Fu's "Three Officials" and "Three Farewells" clearly affirmed the war of counterinsurgency and encouraged candidates. Although the people at that time hated the war, they finally gritted their teeth and went to the front line in tears to support the counter-insurgency war. "White water flows eastward at dusk, and Qingshan still cries" expresses the author's infinite sympathy for the "middleman" who applied for the job.
In terms of characterization, these six poems have the characteristics of realism and meticulous carving. For example, in the poem "Newly Married", the image of the protagonist is flesh and blood. Through the tortuous and painful inner struggle, she finally resolutely encouraged her husband to "strive" to show the development and changes of characters' thoughts and feelings in the war environment, which did not give readers a sense of reluctance and abstraction, but was very natural, in line with the logic of events and the development of characters' personalities, and could deeply infect readers.
In the use of language, poets make good use of concise and vivid language to write distinctive things. For example, the words "homeless", "only Artemisia in the garden" and "only to" in the poem are more general. "Artemisia Chenopodium" and "Fox" are the special things here. No one can tolerate the overgrowth of Artemisia annua in their own houses and gardens. In densely populated villages, foxes dare not run amok. The short words "Garden Lu is only Artemisia Chenopodium" and "Only Zhi" vividly depict the tragic image of human extinction and the desolation of Tianlu.
"Three Officials and Three Farewells" of Tongguan Officials