Du Mu is called "Little Du" to distinguish him from Du Fu, "Big Du". Together with Li Shangyin, he is called "Little Li Du".
Du Mu’s poems can be divided into two categories: one is heroic and the other is fragrant. The former “may be written to relieve sorrow, or to remember the past, or to express feelings, and most of them are written in a kind of way. "It was written in a steep style, with a strange conception"; the latter "mostly used a fresh style of writing to understate it, so that the paper would not be full of powder". Wang Shuxiang's "Poet Du Mu" believes that Du Mu's "writing is so sophisticated and unique, and his poems are so heroic and majestic." However, you must know that Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi, Li Shangyin, Wen Tingyao, etc. were all at the same time as him. He neither wanted to imitate the Yuanhe style created by Yuan Bai, who was popular for a while, nor wanted to imitate Wen Li's obscurity; he had to To be self-contained and to correct the shortcomings of the times, the intention must be innovative. "Miao Qian's "A Brief Commentary on Du Mu's Poems" believes that the handsome style in Du Mu's poems can be elegant and graceful in the late period. Tang Dynasty is outstanding and original in the entire Tang Dynasty poetry world. This is the characteristic of Du Mu's artistic genius, which is intertwined with his great concern for the country and the people, and his tenderness and nostalgia for spring and farewell. Ge Xiaoyin's "Du Mu and His Poetry" believes that "the desire to serve the country has brought rich imagination and bold spirit to Du Mu's poetry, but his pragmatic spirit makes his imagination and metaphors never resemble the fairy world. "Dangerous colors." And because of Du Mu's unique talent in "expressing a keen sense of the beauty of life in direct language," "He can always discover unique beauty in daily scenery and find a certain kind of artistic conception. The most harmonious mood is expressed through the ingenious organization of the picture. "A Brief Analysis of the Artistic Beauty of Du Mu's Poems" by Wang Xiping and Zhang Tian believes that the artistic beauty of Du Mu's poems lies in the "bold and vigorous image beauty" and "strong and magnanimous". "Poetic beauty" and "fresh, bright and clean artistic conception". Wang Xiping's "A Comprehensive Review of Du Mu's Creative Personality and Artistic Style" points out that Du Mu mostly uses straightforward poetry in expression, integrates reasoning into poetry, and uses twists and turns, while counterarguments (reversal of verdicts) and questioning are the main reasons for Du Mu's twists and turns. Means, thus forming a bold and handsome style. Wu Zaiqing's "A Preliminary Study on Du Mu's Poetry Expression Techniques" believes that "the reason why his poems are vivid and contagious is closely related to his use of metaphors, personification, embedding emotions in scenes, using scene expressions, and contrasting techniques." Expression techniques such as overturning the case, skipping the end, asking in-depth questions, and using allusions are also useful in opening up new artistic conceptions of his poems and deepening the ideological connotation. ""Direct expression of feelings and inversion of grammatical sentence structure have also contributed to the development of his ancient poems. "The bold, vigorous, melancholy and unruly style has a direct impact", "and the implicit and tactful, tail-turning, embodying emotions in the scene, using scene expressions, asking in-depth questions, etc., more obviously contribute to the distant rhyme and distant spirit of his quatrains." The formation of romantic and euphemistic style characteristics.
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