Du Fu's poems are rich in social content, strong in times and distinctive in political inclination, which truly and profoundly reflect the political current affairs and broad social life prospect of a historical era before and after the An Shi Rebellion, and are called the "poetic history" of a generation. The style of Du Fu's poems is basically "gloomy and frustrated", and the language and text structure are full of changes, emphasizing the refinement of words and sentences. At the same time, his poems have many styles. Besides the five ancient poems, the seven ancient poems, the five laws and the seven laws, he also wrote many lines. There are also various artistic techniques, which are the epitome of the ideological art of Tang poetry. Du Fu also inherited the spirit of Yuefu in Han and Wei Dynasties, got rid of the shackles of the ancient Yuefu themes and created many new Yuefu themes, such as the famous Three Officials and Three Farewells. After his death, he was highly praised by Huang Fan, Han Yu, Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi. Du Fu's poems had a far-reaching influence on Bai Yuan's literary thought of "New Yuefu Movement" and Li Shangyin's near-body allegorical current affairs poems. However, Du Fu's poems were widely valued after the Song Dynasty. Wang Yucheng, Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and others hold Du Fu in high esteem, while Wen Tianxiang regards Du Fu's poems as the spiritual strength to stick to national integrity. The influence of Du Fu's poems, from ancient times to the present, has long gone beyond the scope of literature and art. For details of his life, see Old Tang Book (volume 190).
Although Du Fu is a realistic poet, he also has a wild and unruly side. It is not difficult to see Du Fu's heroism and dry clouds from his masterpiece Song of Drinking Eight Immortals.
Du Fu did not get much praise and attention during his lifetime and several years after his death, partly because of his innovation in style and meter. Some critics think that some of his works are still bold and eccentric. When he was alive, there were few references about him, only six poets *** 1 1 poems. Moreover, these poems did not mention that he was a model of poetry and ethics. However, as William Hung said, Du Fu is "the only poet with increasing influence in China".
In the ninth century, his works became famous, and the early positive comments came from Bai Juyi, who popularized some ethical viewpoints in Du Fu's works, although he only found these viewpoints in some of Du Fu's works. Besides Bai Juyi, there is Han Yu, who wrote articles to refute the voices against Du Li and defend their aesthetic status. At the same time, the poems of these two poets have the shadow of Du Fu's poems.
/kloc-At the beginning of the 20th century, Wei Zhuang, a former poet of Shu Five Dynasties, discovered the former site of the thatched cottage and rebuilt it for preservation [25]. During this period, China set off a frenzy of "New Yuefu Movement", and Du Fu was regarded as the initiator of this realistic poetry movement. Since Bai Juyi, Du Fu's realistic creative spirit has influenced the creations of Pi Rixiu, Cao Ye, Nie, Du Xunhe and others, thus forming a school of realistic poetry, which dominated the poetry circles in the late Tang Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, Du Fu's fame reached its peak. Huang Tingjian, Chen Shidao and others. Specially explore the strange ways of Du Fu's poems and form the "Jiangxi Poetry School". Later Wang Anshi, Lu You and Wen Tianxiang were also influenced by Du Fu to some extent. Wen Tianxiang made 200 episodes of Du Fu's five-character poems in prison, and said in the preface: "Whoever wants to make a noise, Zi Mei will speak first." Lu Xun also commented on Du Fu, "Du Fu doesn't seem to be an ancient man, as if he still lives in our pile today". Du Fu's wider influence lies in that his works have turned rhythmic poetry from a word game into a carrier to express political ambitions, which laid the foundation for later poets' political writing.
The development of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty ensured Du Fu's supremacy as a model of poetry. Su Shi explained the reason: "There are countless poets in ancient and modern times, but the one headed by Wu is not hungry and cold, but he never forgets your last meal!" . His thinking ability exerted his influence. Because of his yearning for establishing a good social order, he is highly respected by politicians, reformers learn from his sympathy for the poor, and writers learn from his innovation in artistic techniques.
Jin Shengtan, a literary critic in the early Qing Dynasty, called Du Fu's poems, Qu Yuan's Lisao, Zhuang Zhou's Zhuangzi, Sima Qian's Historical Records, Shi Naian's Water Margin and Wang Shifu's The West Chamber "the Book of Six Talents". In contemporary times, Du Fu's loyalty to the country and concern for the people are reinterpreted as nationalism and socialism, and he himself is appreciated by modern researchers for using the "people's language".
Du Fu's influence on later generations is also moral. Rex Ross, a modern American poet in the 20th century, thinks that Du Fu pays attention to the love between people and the tolerance and sympathy between people: "My poetry is undoubtedly mainly influenced by Du Fu. I think he is the greatest poet except epic and drama. In some respects, he even surpassed Shakespeare and Homer, at least he is more natural and kind. "