First, the specific situation
In the third year of Tang Tianbao (AD 744), Du Fu was in Luoyang. In March of the same year, Li Bai went out of the court and went to Luoyang in April. The poet Li Bai met the poet Du Fu, and the two greatest poets in China met in Luoyang. Significance: its significance is no less than that of Confucius and Laozi meeting, then traveling together in Kaifeng and Shangqiu, and traveling together in Shandong the following year, composing poems and songs, and becoming brothers and sisters;
Second, Li Bai
1, Li Bai (February 28, 7065438+0—February 65438 +762), whose real name is Taibai, was born in Changlong County, Shumian Prefecture (according to legend, he was born in Duanye, the Western Region). A great romantic poet in Tang Dynasty, grandson of Li Gui IX, King of Liang;
2. Cheerful and generous, willing to make friends, love to drink and write poems, and be listed as "Eight Immortals in Wine". Appreciated by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he served as a sacrifice to Hanlin, gave back money and traveled all over the country, and successively married the granddaughter of Prime Minister Xu He Zongchuke. After Tang Suzong acceded to the throne, he was involved in the rebellion and exiled Yelang to dangtu county where the Li family was located.
3. Last year, he died at the age of 62. He is the author of Li Taibai's Collection, and his representative works include Looking at Lushan Waterfall, it is hard to go, Difficult Road to Shu, Entering Wine, Initial Making of Baidicheng, etc. Li Bai's ci-fu enjoys a high position in pioneering significance and artistic achievements. Later generations and poet Du Fu are also called "Poet Fairy" and "Du Li".
Third, Du Fu.
1, Du Fu (7 12 February 12 ~ 770), with beautiful words, was a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty, and was called "Du Li" together with Li Bai. Born in Gongxian County, Henan Province, his ancestral home is Xiangyang, Hubei Province. In order to distinguish them from the other two poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, namely "Little Du Li", Du Fu and Li Bai are also called "Big Du Li", and Du Fu is often called "Old Du".
2. The core of Du Fu's thought is benevolent politics, and he has the great ambition of "respecting the monarch and obeying the people, and then making the customs pure". Although Du Fu was not famous during his lifetime, his fame spread far and wide, which had a far-reaching impact on China literature and Japanese literature. About 65,438+0,500 poems of Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected by Du Gongbu.