Biography of Du Fu

Author: Feng Ping
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The purpose of this biography is to introduce readers to a great poet from the eighth century of our country, bringing him closer to us and helping us understand how he lived, struggled, developed, and created during his time, as well as what aspects of his era were reflected in his works. The author wrote this biography striving to ensure that every sentence is backed by evidence and does not contradict history. Due to the lack of historical materials, gaps had to remain blank, and the author dared not embellish them with personal imagination. Du Fu was one of the few great poets in Chinese history, and out of his love for the motherland and the people, he wrote many immortal poems that reflected and critiqued reality. In the past, no matter how dark the ruling regime was, these poems never ceased to radiate their brilliance. Now, with the people in power and the future of the motherland unfolding as an infinitely brilliant scene, nothing can obscure the radiance of their light. He was born into a family belonging to the ruling class of a feudal society. How he transitioned from boasting about his family to loving his country, from expressing personal emotions to reflecting the lives of the people, and how he transcended the limitations of his class to experience the suffering of the ruled and exploited people, thereby greatly advancing Tang Dynasty poetry—throughout this process, he underwent many arduous struggles and contradictions.