Reborn I am the second generation of stars

Chapter 782 Ridiculously Overestimated

Li Dawei said: "Yuan Zhen once wrote an epitaph to Du Fu. He wrote: As for Zimei, the so-called thin and elegant at the top, Shen and Song at the bottom, and Su and Li with words, swallowed Cao and Liu angrily, concealed her face, Xie's loftiness, miscellaneous Xu's and Yu's flowing beauty, have all the styles of ancient and modern times, and also have the uniqueness of everyone. To make Zhongni forge his purpose, I don't know how expensive it is, and there are so many. I can do it with my ability. Can't, nothing is impossible, since the poet, there has never been anyone who is as beautiful as Zizi."

"At that time, Li Bai, a native of Shandong, was also named after his strange prose, and people at that time called him "Li Du". I saw his magnificent waves, unrestrained, free from restraint, imitating objects, and singing Yuefu poems. His sincerity is also inferior to Zimei. If you lay out the end and the beginning, compare the sound and rhyme, it may be as large as a thousand words, and the number of times is hundreds of times. !"

Yuan Zhen is most famous for his sentence: "Once the sea was too difficult for water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud!"

Of course, he himself is very "scumbag"!

It was also because of him that Du Fu began to rise!

One day in the summer of 770 AD, on a small boat on the Xiangjiang River in Hunan, the poet Du Fu died of illness at the age of 59.

Du Fu's death did not cause any repercussions at the time.

This great poet, who was honored as "the sage of poetry" by later generations, was just an unknown little man at that time. He worked as a small official for a few days and had no political influence. He wrote many outstanding poems, but no A song was selected into the popular anthology at that time, that is to say, no matter in any aspect, Du Fu did not enter the mainstream.

Du Fu was unknown at the time, as can be seen from the controversy over his burial place.Let’s talk about the place of death first. There have always been two theories: one is that Du Fu died in Leiyang, Hunan. The evidence comes from the records in the "Old Tang Book". Chenzhou defected to his uncle Cui Wei, who served as a recorder and joined the army. When he arrived in Leiyang, he encountered a flood and could not move forward. After the Leiyang county magistrate knew about it, he brought beef white wine to see him. Du Fu hadn’t eaten it for a long time. There is also a saying that Du Fu was reluctant to finish the beef in one meal, so he kept some. Due to the hot weather, the beef deteriorated, and Du Fu died of poisoning after eating. "

"Today, there is still a tomb of Du Fu in the courtyard of the No. [-] Middle School of hn Leiyang City. The second is that Du Fu died on a boat returning north from Tanzhou. It is near Pingjiang County, Yueyang, hn today. The evidence comes from "Pingjiang County Chronicle" Records and records of Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Zhen.

After Du Fu's death, his family was unable to transport his body back to his hometown, so he had to be buried in Pingjiang County, Yueyang. It was not until 43 years later, in 813 AD, that his grandson Du Siye took great efforts to transport his body back to his hometown.

During the relocation process, while passing through hb Jingzhou, Du Siye met the poet Yuan Zhen, and Yuan Zhen wrote an epitaph for Du Fu. In the epitaph, Yuan Zhen said that since he was a poet, he had never been as great as Du Fu , It also clearly stated that Du Fu died in Yuezhou.

Why many people prefer Li Bai!
One, because of character!
Compared with the image of the poet who cares about the country and the people in most people's minds and cares about the world, the descriptions of Du Fu in "Old Book of Tang" and "New Book of Tang" are completely subversive.

"Old Book of Tang" said that Du Fu was a narrow-minded, impetuous, and narrow-minded person, and he often relied on his kindness to others to be dissolute; "New Book of Tang" said that he was a person who refused to reflect on himself, A self-disciplined person also likes to talk about state affairs in empty air, with a high-pitched but unrealistic tone. In order to be an official, he will use any means, bragging himself in front of the emperor for a while, and pretending to be pitiful for a while, and his words are both inappropriate and unwise .

All in all a very annoying person.In fact, not only did the later "Old Book of Tang" and "New Book of Tang" record it this way, but also the mainstream evaluation of Du Fu in the decades after his death.

Objectively speaking, the description of Du Fu in the new and old "Tang Shu" is not consistent with the evaluation of Du Fu by Yuan, Bai, Han and others. Focusing on examining from the perspective of literary value, both sides have one-sidedness.

Yuan, Bai and Han Yu really realized the value of Du Fu and his poems. They all regarded Du Fu as a pioneer in the literary revolution they promoted, and because of this, they also beautified Du Fu to a certain extent. This kind of beautification intensified later, until the Song Dynasty, and finally lifted Du Fu to the position of a saint.

Conversely, although the descriptions of Du Fu in the new and old "Books of Tang" are unfair, they are not completely pretentious. Judging from Du Fu's life experience, he does have fatal flaws in character, and it is this This flaw determined his ill-fated fate.

Du Fu became a god only after he became a "sage of poetry", and became the inherent image of a saint who is "concerned about the country and the people", "suffering and hating", and "helping the world" in everyone's minds!

It is precisely because of Yuan's praise this time!

He said that Lao Du is the direct heir of "The Book of Songs" and "Li Sao". Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there have been many outstanding poets, such as Shen Quanqi and Song Zhiwen in the early Tang Dynasty, Cao Zhi and Liu Zhen who were talented in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Yan Yanzhi of the Southern Dynasties and Xie Lingyun of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, etc., these big figures who held the top positions in the literary world at a certain period, once compared with Du Fu, they were simply weak. Absorbed all for their own use.

Du Fu is completely on fire!
Even Tang Wenzong became his fan!
Of course, it was not by accident that Du Fu became popular, nor was it that Yuan Zhen met him by chance, but that the historical mission made Yuan Zhen meet him inevitably.

First of all, Du Fu has requirements for his own mind. Writing poems is not only for entertainment and self-entertainment, but also a way of expressing patriotism and love for the people.

The thatch of his thatched cottages was blown away. To the Tang Dynasty and the world, what is it? In the meantime, the underprivileged people in the world will all be happy."He ran to the farmer's house to stay overnight, and saw the strong men being arrested in the middle of the night, so he wrote "three farewells to three officials" in grief and indignation.

Since then, Du Fu began to rise!
Bai Juyi also began to get angry: "Du's poems run through ancient and modern times, and he does his best, which is almost better than Li."

After all, Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen are equally famous, and they are good friends!
With his praise, Du Fu became famous!
Xu Qiandao: "Yuan Zhen did say such a thing, but Han Yu, the generation of Wenzong, also said that Li Du's article is here, and the flame is so long that it is too ridiculous to shake a big tree!"

Han Yu is a generation of Wenzong, the head of the eight great masters in Tang and Song Dynasties!
Han Yu still respected Li Du very much. He wrote: "After Yi Wo was born, he raised his neck and looked at each other from afar."

Even Han Yu, a first-line poet, "raised his neck and looked at each other from a distance". Later, any literati with a little self-awareness, who would dare to say that their literary talent ranks above Li Bai and Du Fu?

Although Han Yu also affirmed Du Fu, he saved Li Bai. At that time, Yuan Bai and others clamored that Du Fu's poems were the best in the world, and Li Bai could only lift his shoes for him!

Others say that Li Bai and Du Fu are rubbish!

How can this work?So he wrote "It's ridiculous to shake a big tree!"

He at least made Li Bai and Du Fu side by side!

After all, Li Bai is an exiled immortal, one of the three wonders of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, if he hadn't been more ecstatic, he would be the "poet sage"!

After the efforts of Yuan Baihan and others, Du Fu finally began to rise!
But Fengshen is still a matter after the Song Dynasty!
Li Dawei smiled disdainfully when he heard Xu Qian's answer: "Qian donkey is so poor!"

Because Han Yu's poem at most proves that "Li Bai and Du Fu" are equally awesome, so what?

In other words, Xu Qian can't prove that Li Bai is better than Du Fu! ! ! ! !
Li Dawei decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue: "Perhaps there are three difficulties in Du: it is difficult to continue its prosperity; The body is unprepared by the predecessors, and the source of cutting mountains is the model of the world, the second. The Kaiyuan has passed, the Dali system has flourished, and the pillars have been revived in the Tang Dynasty. The third is!"

(End of this chapter)