On the Different Writing Styles of Poets Li Bai and Du Fu in Tang Dynasty

Li Bai's style: Li Bai's poems and songs are magnificent and elegant, and his artistic achievements are extremely high. He eulogized the mountains, rivers and beautiful natural scenery of the motherland, and his style was unrestrained, elegant and fresh, full of romantic spirit, which achieved the perfect unity of content and art. Most of his poems mainly described mountains and rivers and expressed inner feelings. Li Bai's poems are full of self-expression and subjective lyricism, and the expression of feelings is overwhelming.

Du Fu's style: Du Fu's poems have various styles. Yuan Zhen's evaluation of Du Fu is like this: "As for the beauty of children, it is called thin coquettish. It is time for Shen Song to take Su Li, swallow Cao Liu, hide his face and thank him for his loneliness. It is unique to everyone." [28] Qin Guan also has a similar view: "So people are poor and noble, extremely luxurious, but full of diluted interest, handsome and clean, preparing for the state of algae, and not as good as others." However, if you don't gather the strengths of many families, Du can't be immune. "[29] For example, Du Fu also has a wild and unruly side. From his masterpiece Eight Immortals of Drinking, we can see Du Fu's heroism. The mainstream view holds that Du Fu's poems are gloomy in style, refined in language, rigorous in meter, skillful in craftsmanship, sincere in feelings, elegant in speech, profound in description, delicate and touching, and vivid in image. His writing style is "indulging in good sentences about human nature, not being shocked by words." "As far as the narrative style and discussion style of Du Fu's poems are concerned, some scholars think that it is influenced by The Book of Songs Xiaoya, and his elegy and generosity are similar to Li Sao. Some scholars believe that Du Fu's poems have the traditional spirit of benevolent government and the spirit of Sima Qian's record. There are also views that Du Fu's poems have "humanitarian spirit". Han Yu, a great litterateur in the Tang Dynasty, once compared Du Fu with Li Bai, saying that "Du Li's articles are there, and the flames are endless" [3 1]. Wang Anshi praised Du Fu's poems as "ugly and beautiful, and I don't see how to carve them" [32]. Chen Shan's "New Theory on Qin Tick" Volume 7: "Old Du Fu's poems should be six classics in poetry, while others' poems are philosophers". Jiang Shiquan's Collection of Zhongyatang, the first volume, Preface to the Collection of Du Fu's Poems, is also called "Du Fu's Poet, Four Books in Poetry".