Du Fu lived in the historical period from prosperity to decline in the Tang Dynasty. Most of his poems involve social unrest, political darkness and people's sufferings. His poems reflected the social contradictions and people's sufferings at that time. His poems recorded the historical changes of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, and expressed the lofty Confucian spirit of benevolence and strong sense of hardship, so they were called "the history of poetry".
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Du Fu is known as a "poet saint". In addition to being loyal to the monarch and patriotic, his poems care about the world. In his later years, he drifted around, still remembering to admonish with poems, with correct words and sharp eyes. This is why his poems are historic.
And its creativity in the history of poetry development is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
First, write poems in spoken language and make good use of allusions;
Second, all kinds of genres have creative breakthroughs and explorations;
Thirdly, in the writing of poetry history, attention should be paid to the description of details, and its imitation of history can correct the shortcomings of history.
Among them, Du Fu closely combined individual life with the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty empire, which is epic. Du Fu's exploration and creation in technical art and content are beyond the reach of contemporary people and later generations, which is why he is known as a "poet saint".
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