On the Influence of Confucian Culture on Du Fu

Du Fu not only embodies some Confucian moral and ethical concepts, but also enriches this connotation with his own actions and even makes it more practical. This is also a great contribution to Confucianism and traditional culture. As we all know, Du Fu is kind-hearted and cares about the country and people. He cares about the people, the nation and the country. Because everyone saw it from the middle of the textbook, and everyone deeply realized it when reading Du Fu's poems, then we won't talk about it. Let's take a look. Du Fu's kindness does not stop there. Besides loving his family, his friends and his compatriots, his kindness has been extended to a wider range. For example, people who love other nationalities. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, border wars often occurred, with Tang as one side and political power established by other ethnic minorities as one side. The nature of these wars is difficult to determine, but at least a few wars can be sure that the wars launched by the Tang Empire are unjust. For example, in the war with Nanzhao, Nanzhao was an eastward expedition in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and Nanzhao was a political power established by Yunnan ethnic minorities. At that time, it should be said that it was definitely the fault of the Tang Dynasty, whether from the New Tang Book, the Old Tang Book or Zi Tong Zhi Jian. Then, after the Tang Dynasty launched the war against Nanzhao, it failed many times and was defeated. In this case, many people, including many famous poets, were inspired by a fallacious patriotic tendency. Advocating to fight Nanzhao and defeat Nanzhao, the authors of these poems, including Gao Shi and Chu Guangxi, all have similar poems. Only Du Fu clearly saw the injustice of this war, and only he clearly saw the great damage this war brought to the peaceful life of the people. So he wrote "Car Shop", a poem that no one else could write at that time. Only Du Fu is his kind spirit. He thinks that people of other nationalities are human beings, and our goodwill should also apply to them. We should keep peace with them. He is a promotion of kindness.

Besides, besides loving others, Du Fu was originally advocated by Confucianism. What does Confucianism think of benevolence? Benevolence is love. Du Fu's compassion and kindness, besides loving others, also extended to other animals other than people and all life in the middle of the universe. Then this is also very prominent. We have seen Du Fu's affectionate descriptions in his poems countless times. Animals and plants are not only beautiful in appearance, but also strong in appearance, such as horses, eagles and pine trees. These objects can make people feel aesthetically sublime, even if they are small and not so beautiful. Du Fu was full of love when he wrote them. Du Fu saw a dense fishing net on the other side of the river, and many fish were trapped by that net. He felt very sorry for those fish. He said: "Things are limited, and benevolent people have compassion." He thinks that some creatures are very big, some are very small and some are very small. Their fate is mixed. But people should have a heart that cares about them. We know that "compassion" was originally put forward by Mencius, but when Mencius put forward compassion, he only paid attention to people. He said that a child would fall into the well, so we adults would feel sorry to see it. I feel that a child is going to fall, and he only cares about people. On the other hand, Du Fu's concern extends to all life, all life in the universe.