Watching the Moon Ancient Poetry by Du Fu with Pinyin

The pinyin of Du Fu's ancient poem "Looking at the Moon" is as follows:

There is a bright moon on the sea, at the end of the world. At this time, lovers complain about the distant night, but they start to miss each other at night. The candles are extinguished and the light is full, and they sleep in their clothes. Luzi. I can’t bear to give it away, but I still have a good night’s sleep.

hai shang sheng ming yue tian ya gong ci shi. qing ren yuan yao ye jing xi qi xiang si. mie zhu lian guang man pi yi jue lu zi. bu kan ying shou zeng huan qin meng jia qi.

Introduction to Du Fu:

(February 12, 712-770), named Zimei, self-titled Shaoling Yelao, a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty, co-author with Li Bai Called "Li Du". Born in Gong County, Henan, originally from Xiangyang, Hubei. In order to distinguish them from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, known as "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also collectively known as "Big Li Du", and Du Fu is often called "Old Du".

When Du Fu was a boy, he traveled to Wuyue and Qi and Zhao successively, during which time he went to Luoyang to fail in the examination. After the age of thirty-five, he first took the examination in Chang'an and failed; later he presented gifts to the emperor and nobles. Unable to achieve his goals in officialdom, he witnessed the extravagance and social crisis of the upper class society in the Tang Dynasty. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755), the Anshi Rebellion broke out and Tongguan fell. Du Fu traveled to many places.

In the second year of Qianyuan (759), Du Fu abandoned his official position and went to Sichuan. Although he escaped the war and lived a relatively stable life, he still cared about the people and national affairs. Du Fu created famous works such as "Ascend the High", "Spring Look", "Northern Expedition", "Three Officials" and "Three Farewells". Although Du Fu is a realist poet, he also has a wild and uninhibited side. It is not difficult to see Du Fu's heroic spirit from his famous work "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking".

The core of Du Fu's thoughts is the thought of benevolent government. He has the grand ambition of "bringing the emperors Yao and Shun to the throne, and then making the customs pure." Although Du Fu was not well-known during his lifetime, he later became famous and had a profound impact on both Chinese and Japanese literature. About 1,500 poems by Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected in "Du Gongbu Collection".

In the winter of the fifth year of the Dali calendar (770), he died of illness at the age of fifty-nine. Du Fu had a profound influence on Chinese classical poetry. He was honored as the "Sage of Poetry" by later generations, and his poems were called the "History of Poetry". Later generations called him Du Shiyi and Du Gongbu, and also called him Du Shaoling and Du Thatched Cottage.