Li Bai and Du Fu were two well-known poets during the Tang Dynasty under the reign of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty! Collectively known as Li Du by historians! Li Bai and Du Fu
Li Bai and Du Fu both came from rich and noble backgrounds. The ancestors are all big families - Li Bai was born in the Li family of Longxi. Same clan as Li Tang royal family! Du Fu was born in Jingzhao Du. The ancestors of the two were in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and they were both families**. It's a pity that it came to the generation of Li Bai and Du Fu. They can't follow their surnames and directly enter the officialdom and become eunuchs! can only rely on the imperial examination and enter the officialdom!
It's a pity that at this time, the Tang Dynasty has entered the Tianbao period. The Tang Emperor Li Longji had begun to fall unconscious. Don't want to forge ahead. The treacherous minister Li Linfu is jealous and jealous. Talents are not allowed to enter officialdom. Therefore, the real talents of the two could not be displayed. The two of them could only try to be recommended by powerful people or monks and monks favored by the royal family. I hope that through the appreciation of Emperor Li Longji!
Li Bai was recommended by the Taoist priest Wu Yun and was recruited into Chang'an to become a Hanlin worshipper! Li Bai's poems give people a bold and romantic charm. Therefore, the world calls Li Bai a poet! However, in the eyes of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, Li Bai is just a fortunate minister who praises the prosperous world for himself. Li Bai felt pain in his heart. You can only cover yourself up with a wandering wreckage. In the end, he was given a large sum of gold and silver by Li Longji! Expelled from Chang'an!
After the Anshi Rebellion, Li Bai became the staff of the Yongwang Li Lan. Because King Yong wanted to take advantage of the Anshi Rebellion to seek the throne for himself. Li Bai was implicated. Exiled Yoro! Pardoned in old age! Wander around! In the end, he died of illness, and there are also theories of sudden death from drinking and drowning from drunkenness!
Du Fu's poems give a touch of realism. It shows a kind of compassion for the saint. That's why it's called a poet!
Similar to Li Bai's experience. Du Fu was appreciated by Li Longji by helping Li Longji write a sacrificial text! He became one of Li Longji's alternate royal literati. He was later awarded the title of Lieutenant of Hexi. Du Fu was unwilling to give in. Later, he was awarded the right guard to lead the government soldiers Cao to join the army!
Compared with Li Bai in his later years, Du Fu was relatively peaceful. He was once captured by the Anshi rebels. Because there is no imprisonment for the official child! Served as the left pick-up during the Suzong period! Although he has experienced many twists and turns, he has been demoted because he angered the powerful. However, Du Fu can be regarded as having fulfilled his long-cherished wish in his career!
Du Fu saw the Tang army and the Anshi rebels confronting each other locally. After the tragic situation of people being displaced, conscripted into the army, and requisitioned for food. Left behind a lot of popular poems!
Du Fu died on a small boat from Tanzhou to Yueyang!