"In the last years of Tianbao, poets were just like Li Bai, vain and conceited, contemptuous and dirty, and there was a scorn for Daoshan. Yuan He, a poet, commented on Du Li's merits and demerits ... Since then, scholars have taken the theory of Ci as positive. "
It was in the atmosphere of the times that Yuan Zhen compared Du Fu's poems with Li's, thus gaining a unique understanding.
In the middle Tang Dynasty, when eunuchs were autocratic, the country was declining and the people were poor, Yuan Zhen's full affirmation of the realistic tradition of Du Fu's poems was undoubtedly correct and a pioneering work. For thousands of years, China ancient poetry writers took Du Fu as their own creation model, and quite a few China classical poetry researchers also took Du Fu's poems as their research objects, and Yuan Zhen was the first person to give high praise to Du Fu and Du Fu's poems. Du Fu's poems have gone abroad to the world today. Just as people in China know Shakespeare, Tolstoy and Tagore, people in many countries in the world also know Du Fu and Qu Yuan in China and are familiar with their poems. Yuan Zhen was the first person who spoke highly of Du Fu and Du Fu's poems. It should also be pointed out that the inscription on the tomb of Du Yun, a member of the Tang Dynasty's Old Works Department, plays an important role in the writing of Bai Juyi and Yuan Jiushu, an important literary theoretical document in the history of China literature.
Of course, Yuan Zhen changed his view of "the great enemy of Du Li's poems" in his early years, and instead thought that Li Bai could not learn from Du Fu's "Fan Han", which was an excessive preference for Du Fu, and it was indeed inappropriate and one-sided. This inappropriate preference is closely related to the poet's world outlook and his literary theory. Many works in Du Fu's poems are realistic about life and satirical about society. However, Li Bai's works are rarely outspoken about life, but they often express their thoughts in a romantic style, thus reflecting the darkness of society and personal misfortune in a tortuous way. This is the difference between them, but it is unfair to favor one over the other. It is not appropriate to promote Li and suppress Du, and it is not appropriate to promote Du and suppress Li. But this is the difference of ancient people's understanding and preferences, and we can't force the ancients. As far as Yuan Zhen and Du Fu are concerned, Du Fu just can't help telling the truth that he doesn't have many literary opinions. Yuan Zhen not only tells the truth, but also puts forward their reasons for telling the truth, that is, their literary opinions. This is also the difference between the two, and the latter is undoubtedly a step further than the former.
During Yuan Zhen's relegation to Jiangling, his poetic creation was fruitful and his literary theory made some achievements, which was an important period for Yuan Zhen's realistic poetic style to mature.
Feng Ban, a literary critic in Qing Dynasty, wrote in Miscellanies of Yugong Singing: "Poetry has changed greatly from Zhenyuan to Changqing, from ancient times to modern times. Du Li began to be heavy, and Bai Yuanxue Du Fu. " Another cloud said: "Du Li's poetic style is not long-lasting, but only changed in Zhenyuan and Changqing, which is also the mark of words." He not only saw Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi's research on Du Fu, but also put it in the grand vision of literary history changes to think and evaluate and affirm its significance, which is very profound.
About Du Fu's Tomb
Du Fu's Tomb is located in Days Mirror Lake, south of Pingjiang County 16 km. The original tomb faces the mountain, with a tile roof with one room and two ears, wedge-shaped brick and red stone tombstone, which is typical of the Tang tomb style. At present, there are official halls and monasteries, and monasteries have the above-mentioned "blue security". Behind the hall and the house is the Huanhuacao Hall. Du Fu's tomb and ancient buildings have been repaired and rebuilt many times. The existing Du Fu Tomb was rebuilt in 1883 (9th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty), with a combined diameter of 1 ft and a height of 5 ft. The top of the tomb is covered with solid thick stone and has a back wall. The monument is replaced by bluestone, with a height of 1 ft and a width of 12 ft. Stone tablets were pasted on it, inlaid with stone pillars, and the tombstone was engraved with "Tang Zuo" 1885, and the Tieping Poetry Society was built.
Du Fu's Tomb, Temple and Tieping Poetry Society cover an area of 10 mu, with a total construction area of 3,865 square meters. Mausoleums and temples are unique and constitute a group of ancient buildings with great cultural relics, history and ornamental value. National Cultural Heritage Administration's Dictionary of Places of Interest in China was recognized as the only tomb of Du Fu in China, and was declared as a national key scenic spot in the State Council on 1988.
1956, Du Fu's Tomb was listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit, 1983 was announced by Hunan Provincial People's Government, 1997 was named as one of the "Ten Scenes of Yueyang" and "Poet Saint" in April. In 2005, the renovation of Du Fu's tomb was completed, and the international symposium on Du Fu's poetry and the spirit of the times was successfully held.