Writing background:
Cao Ba was a famous horse painter in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. After the Anshi Rebellion, he was down and out. In the second year of Tang Daizong Guangde (764), Du Fu met him in Chengdu and was very sympathetic to his experience. He wrote this poem "Dan Qing Yin".
Du Fu, with an introduction to Dan Qing as the title, enthusiastically set up a biography for painters, imitated painting with poetry, evaluated painting with painting, and combined poetry and painting, which was full of poetic and picturesque feelings, and combined profound realistic painting theory with close-ups of poetry biography, which had unique aesthetic significance and certain cognitive value in the history of art and painting criticism in China in the Tang Dynasty. This is a new contribution to the development of Tang poetry.
Source:
"painters to introduce general Cao ba" Tang dynasty. Du Fu
In Kaiyuan, the name of Tianma of the late emperor was Jade Flower Cluster, and many painters painted it differently from the original one. On that day, the jade flower was taken into the temple, and the red rank was erected at the palace gate to increase its prestige.
The emperor ordered you to unfold silk and prepare for painting, and you showed your intelligence and hard work in poor management. After a while, the dragon horse appeared on silk, which was much more mediocre than all generations of horses.
Precautions:
1, Dan Qing: refers to painting.
2. Cao Ba: A famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, famous for his figure paintings and horses, was deeply favored by Tang Gaozong. Because his rank was General Zuo Wuwei, he was named General Cao.
3, the first emperor: refers to the Tang Xuanzong. Died in 762 AD.
4. Wuhuaqiu: the name of the war horse that Xuanzong rode. Qi is a bluish-white horse. Sa: Many meanings. Different appearance: different painting means different painting. Appearance is used as a verb here.
5. Chi Yong: Also known as Dan Yong. The steps in front of the palace. Hu He: The Palace Gate.
6. Imperial edict: the emperor's order. Artist: refers to the artist's conception and conception. Tragedy: I took great pains. Management: that is, the management position and structural arrangement of painting.
7, nine heavy: refers to the palace, because the son of heaven has nine doors.
8. The real dragon and the ancients called an eight-foot-high horse a dragon, which was a metaphor for the painted jade flower.
Explanation:
In the early years of Kaiyuan, the Tianma of the first emperor was called Yuhuaqi, and many painters painted it differently. On the same day, Yuhuaqi was led to the red steps in the temple and stood tall at the palace gate, which greatly increased its prestige. The emperor ordered you to unfold the silk script and prepare for painting. You are smart and depressed, and you work hard. In a blink of an eye, the dragon horse appeared on the silk in nine days, and Wandai horse was mediocre at once. The picture of jade flower is like a real horse lying on the emperor's couch, and the picture of a real horse standing in front of the steps on the couch is the same.
About the author:
Du Fu (7 12-770), with beautiful words, is called "Du Gongbu" and "Du Shaoling" in the world. Born in Fugong County, Henan Province (now gongyi city, Henan Province), he was a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu is regarded as a "poet saint" by the world, and his poems are called "the history of poetry".
Extended data:
This poem should be read together with the previous poem, which complement each other. Poetry is refined and desolate. Cao Shi was first Wei Wu, and now it is Shu Ren. Then words of praise for the achievements and richness of their ancestors still exist. There are ups and downs, ups and downs. Then write about Cao Shi's diligence and enterprising in painting and calligraphy, and his noble sentiments. I have been immersed in Dan Qing all my life, not thinking about wealth, and I don't know that old age is coming.
Writing "learning books" is a foil, and writing "Danqing" is a point. Priorities, cadence, strewn at random. Eight sentences in Kaiyuan praised the achievements of Cao Shi's figure painting. The eight sentences in The First Emperor describe the process of Cao Shi's description of "Jade Flower". The eight sentences in "Jade Flower" describe the artistic charm of painting horses, which is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Compare them with Han Gan's paintings.
In the eight sentences of "General", a painter who wrote such exquisite works wandered the rivers and lakes during the war years, selling paintings for passers-by for a living, and could not help but express his frustration in his later years. Poetry is complicated in structure, but the subject and object are distinct. Emotional ups and downs, vacillating. The ending of this poem is more appreciated by poets of all ages. Weng Fanggang once called this magnificent poem "the first masterpiece of ancient and modern seven-character poems" in Qing Dynasty.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Du Fu (a famous realistic poet in Tang Dynasty)