Du Mu is as famous as Li Shangyin.
Du Mu, courtesy name Muzhi, was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province). Tang Dynasty writer and grandson of Prime Minister Du You. He is upright and informal, disdainful of flattery. He prides himself on his talents as a manager and is famous for his poetry and prose. "A Fang Gong Fu" is the most famous of his works. His poems are bright and meaningful, and his quatrain poems are especially praised. He is known as Xiao Du in the world. He is as famous as Li Shangyin and is collectively known as "Little Li Du".
His representative works include "Porting Qinhuai", "Jiangnan Spring", "Red Cliff", "Ti Wujiang Pavilion", etc., which are very popular. When he was young, he liked to read military books and annotated the thirteen chapters of "The Art of War" written by Cao Cao. He also wrote essays on contemporary military affairs such as "Sin Yan", "On War", "Shou Lun", and "Original Sixteenth Guards". In the third year of Huichang, Zhaoyi's army rebelled and wrote to Prime Minister Li Deyu to discuss the method of using troops, which was adopted by Deyu. He is the author of "Collected Works of Fan Chuan". In 1978, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House published "Annotations to the Collected Poems of Fan Chuan" and "Collected Works of Fan Chuan".
Du Mu's personal achievements
Du Mu's literary creation has many achievements, including poems, poems, and ancient prose. Du Mu advocated that writing should be based on meaning, supplemented by Qi, and guarded by words and sentences. He had a relatively correct understanding of the relationship between the content and form of the work. And it can absorb and melt the strengths of its predecessors to form its own special style. Du Mu's ancient poetry was influenced by Du Fu and Han Yu, with broad themes and vigorous writing. His modern poetry is distinguished by its clear and beautiful words and ups and downs of emotion.
The Qilu "Morning Wild Geese" expresses nostalgia for the people in the northern frontier fortress who were displaced by the Uighur invasion by using a metaphorical technique. It is graceful and has an aftertaste. "Climbing the Mountain in Nine Days" uses a bold style to describe his broad-minded mind, but also contains deep sadness. The general trend of poetry in the late Tang Dynasty is to draw rich and detailed pictures. Influenced by the trend of the times, Du Mu also paid attention to diction.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Du Mu