Li Dawei said: "Yuan Zhi once wrote an epitaph to Du Fu, he wrote: As for Zimei, cover the so-called thin elegance on the top, Shen and Song on the bottom, take Su and Li in words, swallow Cao and Liu angrily, cover up the face, Xie Zhi's lonely height, and the beauty of Xu and Yu, as much as the posture of the ancient and modern, and everyone is unique. So that Zhong Ni forged his purpose, and he did not know how expensive it was, but it was too much. If he can't do what he can, he can't do it, then since the poet, there is no one like the beauty. ”

At that time, Li Bai, a native of Shandong, was also known as Qiwen, and the people of the time called "Li Du", and looked at its magnificent waves, put away the restraints, modeled the images, and Yuefu songs and poems, and the sincerity was also inferior to the beauty of the child. As for the beginning of the lay-out, the rhyme is compared, the words are big or a thousand words, the second is hundreds, the tone of the words is heroic and the wind is clear and deep, and it is a law cut and abandons the near, then Li Shang can not go through his domain, and the situation is mysterious!"

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

Of course, he himself is a 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 called the "poet saint" by later generations, was just an unknown small person at that time, he was a petty official for a few days, and had no influence on politics, he wrote many outstanding poems, but none of them were selected into the popular anthology of the belt conveyor at that time, that is, no matter in which aspect, Du Fu did not enter the mainstream.

Du Fu was unknown at the time, which can also 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, and the evidence comes from the "Old Tang Book" The record is that Du Fu took a boat from Tanzhou (now Changsha HN) to Chenzhou to join the army of his uncle Cui Wei, arrived in Leiyang, encountered a big flood, can not move forward, the Leiyang County Commander at that time knew, brought beef and liquor to see him, Du Fu because he had not eaten a full meal for a long time, after eating a big meal was held to death; there is also a saying that Du Fu was reluctant to eat the beef in one meal, so he left some, due to the hot weather, the beef deteriorated, Du Fu was poisoned and died after eating. ”

"Today, in the courtyard of the first middle school in Leiyang City, there is still a tomb of Du Fu. The second is that Du Fu died on a boat returning north from Tanzhou, near today's Pingjiang County, Yueyang, and the evidence comes from the records of the Pingjiang County Chronicles and the records of the Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Zhen.

After Du Fu's death, his family could not afford to transport his body back to his hometown, so they had to bury him in Pingjiang County, Yueyang, until forty-three years later, in 813 AD, his grandson Du Siye made great efforts to transport his body back to his hometown.

In the process of moving the burial, when passing through HB Jingzhou, Du Siye met the poet Yuan Zhen, who wrote an epitaph to Du Fu, in which Yuan Zhi not only said that since there was a poet, he had never been as great as Du Fu, but also clearly stated that Du Fu died in Yuezhou.

Why do many people prefer Li Bai!

First, because of character!

Compared with the image of the poet who worries about the country and the people and cares about the world in the minds of most people now, the descriptions of Du Fu in "Old Tang Book" and "New Tang Book" are completely subversive.

The "Old Tang Book" said that Du Fu was a narrow-minded, impetuous, and narrow-minded person, and he often relied on his kindness to others and was dissolute; "The New Tang Book" said that he was a person who was unwilling to self-reflect and self-check, and he also liked to talk about national affairs, and he was very high-pitched but unrealistic, and he did whatever it took to be an official, boasting in front of the emperor for a while, and pretending to be pitiful for a while, and his words were both inappropriate and unwise.

In short, a very annoying person. In fact, not only the later "Old Tang Book" and "New Tang Book" recorded this, but also the mainstream evaluation of Du Fu in the decades after his death.

Objectively speaking, the description of Du Fu in the old and new "Book of Tang" and the evaluation of Du Fu by Yuan, Bai, Han and others are not consistent, the former is mainly from the aspect of character and morality, and the latter focuses on the examination of literary value, both sides are one-sided.

Yuan, Bai and Han Yu did recognize the value of Du Fu and his poetry, and 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, and this beautification later intensified, until the two Song Dynasty periods, and finally raised Du Fu to the position of a saint.

On the other hand, although the description of Du Fu in the old and new "Book of Tang" is unfair, it is not completely chasing after the wind, judging from Du Fu's life experience, he does have fatal flaws in character, and it is this defect that determines his ill-fated fate.

Du Fu was consecrated as a god after becoming a "poet saint", and he became an inherent saint image of "worrying about the country and the people", "suffering and hatred", and "helping the world" in everyone's hearts!

It is precisely because of this praise of Yuan!

He said that Lao Du is the direct heir of the "Book of Songs" and "Lisao", since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there have been many cattle in the poetry world, such as Shen Yan in the early Tang Dynasty, Song Zhiwen, Cao Zhi and Liu Zhen in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Yan Yanzhi in the Southern Dynasty and Xie Lingyun in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, etc., these big figures in the literary world in a certain period of time, once compared with Du Fu, they are simply weak.

Du Fu is completely on fire!

Even Tang Wenzong has become his fan!

Of course, Du Fu's popularity is not accidental, nor is it that Yuan Zhi met him by chance, but that the historical mission made Yuan Zhi inevitably meet him.

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

The thatching of a few of his thatched houses was blown away, what was the matter to the Tang Dynasty and the world? However, Lao Du pushed himself and others, and thought of implementing a large-scale housing project in the Tang Dynasty. ran to the farmer's house to stay overnight, and when he saw the strong man caught in the middle of the night, he wrote "three officials and three farewells" sadly and angrily.

Since then, Du Fu has begun to rise!

Bai Juyi also began to be furious: "Du's poems run through the ancient and modern, doing his best, and he is more than Li." ”

After all, Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen are equally famous, and they are good friends!

With his praise, Du Fu is completely famous!

Xu Qian said: "Yuan Zhen did say such a thing, but Han Yu, a generation of Wenzong, also said that Li Du's article is here, the light is long, and the grasshopper shakes the tree, which is ridiculous!"

Han Yu is a generation of Wenzong, the head of the eight families of the Tang and Song dynasties!

Han Yu still has a lot of respect for Li Du, he wrote: "After Yi I was born, I raised my neck and looked at each other from afar. 」

Even the first-line poet Han Yu "raised his neck and looked at each other from afar", and later, as long as he was a literati who was a little self-aware, who would dare to say that his literary talent was above Li Bai and Du Fu?

Although Han Yu also affirmed Du Fu, he saved Li Bai, at that time, Yuan Bai and others shouted that Du Fu's poetry was the best in the world, and Li Bai could only give him shoes!

Some people also say that Li Bai and Du Fu are garbage!

So he wrote, "The grasshopper shakes the tree, and it's ridiculous!"

At least he let Li Bai and Du Fu be side-by-side!

After all, Li Bai is an immortal, one of the three uniques of the Tang Dynasty, if he weren't even more fluttering immortals, the "poet saint" would be him!

After the efforts of Yuan Baihan and others, Du Fu finally began to rise!

But the canonization of gods is still a matter after the Song Dynasty!

Li Dawei really smiled disdainfully when he heard Xu Qian's answer: "Qian donkey skills are poor!"

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

In other words, Xu Qian can't prove that Li Bai is better than Du Fu at all!!!!

Li Dawei decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue: "Probably Du has three difficulties, extremely prosperous and difficult to continue, the first is difficult to work, the decline is difficult to recover, Zijian to Taibai, the poet can do everything, Du Hou, set its culmination, one also." The rhythm is close to the body, the predecessors have not prepared, the source of the mountain is the best model, and the second is also. Kaiyuan in the past, the great calendar is prosperous, the pillar is in the meantime, the Tang Dynasty is revitalized, and the three are also!"