Why does Du Fu have a depressed and frustrated style?

1. In terms of language, Du Fu's poems are generally regarded as "gloomy", with varied language and text structure, emphasizing the refinement of words and sentences.

2. The individualization of image selection in Du Fu's poems is the basis of his language. The images that often appear in Du Fu's poems, such as ancient blockhouses, autumn clouds, apes whistling, broken torches, steep gorges, defending the world, solitary boats, fallen flowers, sunset and other natural landscapes, as well as ordinary people such as weaver girls, old women, old farmers and wives, as well as powerful forces such as officials, generals and villains, all show Du Fu's urgent mood of "saving the world and helping the people" and his spearhead to confuse Gan Kun.

Anger at bullying, sadness at wandering, pity for the loss of life, regret for material resources and praise for giving alms to the masses "are the expressions of these heavy feelings, which make the language of Du Fu's poems tend to be" depressed and frustrated ".

3. 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.

4. In Du Fu's poems, most of his works reflect the social outlook at that time, with a wide range of themes and far-reaching significance, especially describing the sufferings of the people and expressing his sympathy for the people and his feelings of worrying about the country and the people. Du Fu's poems are called the history of poetry.

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The Causes of Du Fu's "Depressed" Style

Du Fu's life experience determines the formation of "depressed and frustrated" style to a certain extent. Du Fu's life can be divided into four periods, especially the middle and late period. Nine times out of ten, everything is not satisfactory. Life experience can be roughly divided into four periods: "strong travel-frustration-hardship-depression".

During the "Zhuangyou" period (before the age of 35), Du Fu was favored by his ancestors: the thirteenth ancestor Du Yu was a famous poet in the Western Jin Dynasty, his grandfather was a famous poet, and his father was Sima of Yanzhou and the magistrate of Fengtian County. So his economy is good, which is the fastest growing period in his life. The poet was eager to learn from childhood, and his hard study of "reading thousands of books" and "stealing thousands of books" laid a solid foundation for his creation.

From the age of ten, he began a "strong patrol" for more than ten years. Go south to wuyue first, and then go north to Zhao Qi. When I traveled to Zhao Qi, I met Su Yuanming, Gao Shi, Li Bai and others. This rich emotional experience laid the foundation for the richness of his poems and essays.

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