The Imperial Army Recovered the Banks of the Yellow River was written in the spring of 763 AD (the first year of Guangde), and the author was 52 years old. In the winter of 762 AD (the first year of Baoying), Tang Jun won a great victory in Hengshui near Luoyang, and recovered Luoyang, Zheng (now Zhengzhou, Henan), Bian (now Kaifeng, Henan) and other states. The rebel leaders Xue Song and Zhang Zhongzhi surrendered one after another. In the second year, Shi Chaoyi, the son of Shi Siming, was defeated and hanged himself, and his Ministry Tian and Li Huaixian surrendered one after another. The "An Shi Rebellion" that lasted for more than seven years ended. Du Fu, now living in Zizhou (now living in Santai, Sichuan), heard the news and wrote this famous poem with passionate pen and ink, which is the first quick poem in Du Fu's life.
The theme of the poem is to express the joy of hearing the good news that the rebellion has subsided and returning home. "The news of this distant western station! The north has been taken back! " The rapid rise just shows the suddenness of good news. The poet has been wandering outside the sword for many years, so it is difficult to prepare for a taste. Because of the failure of "Jibei" and the Anshi rebellion, it is impossible to return to my hometown. Now, the "thistle that suddenly spread to the north", the torrent of surprise suddenly burst open the emotional floodgate that had been suppressed for a long time, making the poet surge in emotion. "At first, I couldn't stop tears pouring down my coat." "The first news" is closely related to the "sudden news", which shows that the good news came too suddenly, while the "tears full of clothes" is vivid, showing the emotional waves aroused by the sudden news at the moment of "the first news", which is the true expression of joy and sadness and the intersection of sadness and joy. "Jibei" has been collected, the war will stop, and the suffering of Gankun and Limin will be cured. The poet, who was displaced from place to place and hated other sufferings, finally got through it. However, after drawing a lesson from the bitter experience, the poet recalled the sufferings he had endured in the past eight years, but he couldn't help but feel sad and couldn't help it. However, this catastrophe finally passed like a nightmare. The poet can return to his hometown and people will start a new life, so he turns sorrow into joy and is in heaven. The psychological changes and complex feelings of the First News at that time, if written in prose, need a lot of pen and ink, and the poet only uses the word "tears full of skirts" to describe the image, which is enough to sum up all this.
Du Fu's poems vividly reflected the social reality at that time and the profound disasters and pains of the broad masses of working people, and showed people the tragic scenes of life. In these descriptions of life sufferings, on the one hand, the poet has deep sympathy for the people who have suffered greatly, and hates the enslavement and persecution of the people by officials; On the other hand, he supported the counter-insurgency war of the dynasty and hoped that the people would suffer hardships and cooperate with the dynasty to put down the rebellion. This complex and contradictory thought accords with the poet's thought of worrying about the country and the people.
Paying attention to the sufferings of people's livelihood is the core content of Du Fu's realistic poems. Du Fu is deeply influenced by Confucianism, and his poems are realistic and popular, which is a model of China's classical realistic poetry creation. He dares to approach the working people, likes working, and is even willing to sacrifice himself for the happiness of the broad masses of people. Under the specific historical background before and after the An Shi Rebellion, Du Fu's thought of benevolent government and loving the people was expressed through a special form of worrying about the country and the people. His joys and sorrows are revealed with the changes of the times. The poet showed strong patriotic feelings in Hope in Spring.
Loyalty to the monarch, patriotism and love for the people is the ideological theme of Du Fu's realistic poems.
In terms of expression, the artistic feature of Du Fu's realistic poetry creation is to focus on expressing real life, and the combination of emotion and freehand brushwork forms a gloomy artistic style.
The lyrical way of reciting heart, thoughts and feelings repeatedly has formed an artistic style dominated by depression and frustration.