Du Fu's Confucianism

Born in a bureaucratic family, Du Fu has a long tradition of "serving Confucianism and guarding officials" from generation to generation. His family gave Du Fu orthodox Confucian cultural education and the ambition to make a difference in his official career. Therefore, Du Fu said that being an official is their family's "vegetarian profession"-a profession that has been attacked for generations. His various cultural upbringing and subsequent behavior are all related to his pursuit of official career.

For example, he wrote in Wei Zuocheng's Twenty-two Rhymes that "he claims to be quite out and wants to get it." This is an ambition to be an official, and to realize his ideal ambition of "ruling the monarch Yao and Shun, and then making the customs pure" in his career, that is, he is eager to make contributions in social practical work and help the people.

Before the age of thirty-five, it was Du Fu's study and strong tour period. In the heyday of Kaiyuan, Du Fu's economic situation was also good, which was the fastest growing period in his life. From the age of 20, he ended his school life and began a "strong patrol" for more than ten years. During this long journey, Du Fu came into contact with the incomparably rich cultural heritage and magnificent rivers and mountains of our motherland.

Not only enriched his life, but also broadened his vision and mind, which brought a strong romantic color to his early poems. The poem "Wang Yue" can represent.

"Once you climb to the top of the mountain, you will see that all the other mountains look short under the sky." It shows the poet's ambition for all undertakings (including creation). However, due to this lifestyle, it is impossible to get close to the people and go deep into reality. Therefore, as a great realistic poet, this is only a preparation period for his creation.

Du Fu's approach to realism began in the second period (35 to 44 years old) when he was confined in Chang 'an for ten years. This is the gestation period of An Shi Rebellion. Traitors Li and Yang are in power. Du Fu not only failed to realize his political ambition of "making the monarch Yao and Shun superior, and then making the customs pure", but also began to live a humiliating life of "keeping wealth in court and being fat at dusk", so that he was often hungry and cold.

"Hunger lasts for ten days, clothes hang." Suffering from hunger and cold, Du Fu once thought of retiring and became Chao Fu and Xu You, who "sent the sun and the moon gracefully". Du Fu did not fear difficulties, but resolutely embarked on the road of actively joining the WTO. Life tortured Du Fu, but also perfected Du Fu, so that he gradually penetrated into people's lives, and saw the suffering of the people and the evil of the ruling class.

As a result, he wrote such realistic masterpieces as Military Vehicle Shop, Second Road, and Going to Fengxian to chant my memory.

Extended data

Du Fu's Literary Features

Poetic expression

language

In terms of language, Du Fu's poems are generally regarded as "gloomy", with rich changes in language and text structure, and emphasis on wording and sentence making. The word "depressed" was first seen in the Southern Dynasties, which means "the body is depressed and thoughtful, and the sun and the moon are beautiful". Later, Du Fu wrote the word "depressed and frustrated", which accurately summarized the language of his works.

"As for depression and depression, they are agile at all times, and followers of Yang Xiong and Gao Mei can compare with each other." A further study of Du Fu's poems shows that the formation of his poetic style is closely related to his adherence to Confucianism.

At the same time, Du Fu was at the end of his heyday. When he was young, he was ambitious. "When you climb to the top, you will see that other mountains are short under the sky." . Later, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the national movement declined and the official career was unlucky. The great gap between ideal and reality has also caused great changes in Du Fu's poetic style, approaching realism.

Du Fu

picture

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 ". Comment on Wu Ling's Poems Around the Creek —— Also on Du Fu's "Changing as he pleases, the Yang opens and the Yin closes" in his later period;

"It's just that the meaning is far away. The last sentence is given, and the next sentence is unknown." Wu Ling added: "When a mortal writes a poem, he only says one thing in one sentence, but he says two more. Du Fu's poems can say three, four or five things in one sentence; Ordinary people write poetry, which is far less than dozens of miles in front of them. Du Fu's poem can be said to be a hundred miles, two armies and States, and the world is wonderful. "

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Du Fu (a famous realistic poet in Tang Dynasty)