Interpret who Du Fu was the predecessor

Before the introduction of Buddhism, there was no concept of "three lives" (previous life, this life, and future life) in the Chinese, and people generally believed that people live for a lifetime, and the difference was only the difference between life expectancy and death. Since the introduction of Buddhism to Middle-earth, people's thinking has broken through the confines of real life, and they have the concept and belief of "reincarnation" and "three lives", so Chinese have begun to think about mysterious questions such as "who am I", "where do I come from", "where am I going".

Due to the strong practical rationality in the personality, the ancients' exploration of the "three lives" was based on the present, and most of them thought about this life and this life. He was born unpredictable, and the ancients had little thought and expression of the afterlife. The past life is vast, but the ancients have no shortage of answers to "only my predecessor was Ah Who". Although everyone is different, there is a literary phenomenon that cannot be ignored, that is, many poets invariably identify Du Fu as their predecessor.

Du Fu zimei, because he once lived near the shaoling in the south of Chang'an City, he called himself Shaoling Yelao. Du Fu's poetry is outstanding, and his poetic achievements have reached the pinnacle, but the paradox is that the Tang people did not learn Du shi, until Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and others entered the poetry circle during the Northern Song Dynasty, And Du Shi was highly valued by people and ushered in the spring of acceptance history. Being able to write poetry like Du Shi has also become the dream of the literati. It is precisely because of this complex that the Song Dynasty poet Wang Yuwei believed that Du Fu was his predecessor.

According to the "Poetry of Cai Kuanfu", "Yuan Zhiben learned Bai Lotte's poetry and tasted the "Spring Miscellaneous Xing" cloud in Shangzhou: 'Two peach apricots reflect the hedge, decorating the deputy envoy of Shangzhou. What is not tolerated by the spring breeze? And warblers blow to fold several branches of flowers. His son Jia Youyun: Lao Du tasted the sentence "Just like the spring wind deceives each other, and blows several flowers at night", the language is quite similar, because please change it. Wang Yuanzhi xin ran said: "My poetry is exquisite and harmonious, so that I can secretly combine the beauty and evil of the son?" More poetic: "Ben and Lotte are backwards, and Dare Zimei is the predecessor." 'It's not easy. ”

Wang Yuwei imitated Bai Juyi's poetic style, and was also influenced by Bai Juyi's "articles are written for the times, songs and poems are written for the sake of things", and wrote some poems with reality, but he was surprised and delighted by his own secret coincidence with Du Fu's poetry, and affirmed that Du Fu was his predecessor. It should be pointed out that poetry is originally a temperament language, and people's hearts are the same, "whoever wants to say what I want, Zimei will speak first", which is actually very normal. Du Fu made the literati of thousands of years bend their waists, and the Qing Dynasty poet Li Tiaoyuan also once said: "Shaoling is my predecessor." This expression is the same as That of Wang Yuwei, and can be called the sound of Wang Yuwei.

In addition to claiming that his predecessor was Du Fu, the literati also believed that others were former Du Fu. Su Shi said in the group of poems "Ciyun Kong Yi Father Collection of Ancient Sentences and Gifts": "How many people in the world learn Du Fu, who gets his skin and his bones?" Scratching like Taihua in front of me, limping and wanting to be shocked. The famous Chapter Jun's words are mixed, and no one happens to know the situation. The former son of beauty is only a king, and he is very good at hand. In Su Shi's view, many people learn from Du Fu only to get the skin phase, but Kong Yi's father has deeply grasped his essence, and the handwriting is natural good poetry, so he thinks that Du Fu is the predecessor of Kong Yi's father.

Huang Tingjian, the character Lu Zhi, the number of the valley Daoist, he said in the "Guan Chongde Junmo Bamboo Song": "See I am good and love to paint more than others, straight to say zimei in front of the body." Huang Tingjian has the most admiration for Du Fu all his life, learning Du Qin's kung fu, and has the experience of "turning iron into gold" and creative transformation of Du Shi, the Yuan Dynasty poet Fang Hui once said, "Valley poetry ben old Du bone method." Because of this, people at the time thought that Du Fu was the predecessor of Huang Tingjian; and it is not difficult for readers to feel that Huang Tingjian was quite comfortable with being seen as Du Fu's reincarnation.

Although the Southern Song Dynasty poet Liu Yingshi regarded Du Fu as the predecessor of Lu You, he had a different angle of argument. He said in the "Titled Weng Jiannan Collection": "The predecessor of Weng Weng was Shaoling Lao, and his chest was as small as the heavens and the earth. In his lifetime, he never forgot the king, and the dangerous words once swept away the adulterous males. On the surface, Liu Yingshi believed that Lu You was as loyal and patriotic as Du Fu, and there was no violation between the final eclipse, so he regarded Du Fu as the predecessor of Lu You. In fact, from the history of the development and flux of the seven-word poetry, Liu Yingshi's statement is also reasonable.

The history of poetry and the influence of poetry cannot be completely separated, and in the face of the glorious predecessor poet Du Fu and his rich literary heritage, Lu You, as a latecomer in the history of poetry, has undoubtedly suffered from "anxiety about influence". Du Fu's influence on Lu You is both a negative pressure and a positive incentive. Through in-depth life, extensive teaching and enlightenment, Lu You freed himself from the "anxiety of influence", opened up a new world, and won a place for himself in the history of literature. The Seven Sayings of the Law Poem": "To Du Shaoling and the beginning of prosperity and preparation, for a change; Li Yishan petal incense in Du and change its face, for a change; to Song Lu Fang Weng specialized in this body and set it into a change, for a change." Whoever changes three times, and his family is a body, cannot go beyond its scope. Lu You became another peak in the development of the Seven Laws after Du Fu and Li Shangyin, and Liu Yingshi regarded Du Fu as the predecessor of Lu You, which could be described as crooked.

Du Fu is a giant in the history of Chinese poetry, and his works have become classics copied by later generations, with a deep influence. The poet traced his predecessor back to Du Fu, and this meaningful phenomenon not only shows the poet's admiration and obedience to Du Fu, but also undoubtedly du Fu's supreme glory.

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