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Understanding Du Fu's Poems from Aesthetics

WU Gong-zheng

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Du Fu's poems take on synthesis of aesthetic features, among which the main tone is sentimental and forceful. The greatness of being profound, marvelous and supernatural in style is what Du Fu yearns for and successfully embodied in his poetry creation. At the same time, he is sensitive to delicacy in aesthetics and abundant in color sense. He not only follows the aesthetic principle but also breaks the aesthetic routine skillfully, surpassing the achievements of the former generations. Du Fu's poems produced great and far influence on later generations, so as the Holy Poet, his holiness is not only in the history of politics and sociology, but also in the history of literature and aesthetics.

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Du Fu's poems take on synthesis of aesthetic features, among which the main tone is sentimental and forceful. The greatness of being profound, marvelous and supernatural in style is what Du Fu yearns for and successfully embodied in his poetry creation. At the same time, he is sensitive to delicacy in aesthetics and abundant in color sense. He not only follows the aesthetic principle but also breaks the aesthetic routine skillfully, surpassing the achievements of the former generations. Du Fu's poems produced great and far influence on later generations, so as the Holy Poet, his holiness is not only in the history of politics and sociology, but also in the history of literature and aesthetics.

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Du Fu's poems take on synthesis of aesthetic features, among which the main tone is sentimental and forceful. The greatness of being profound, marvelous and supernatural in style is what Du Fu yearns for and successfully embodied in his poetry creation. At the same time, he is sensitive to delicacy in aesthetics and abundant in color sense. He not only follows the aesthetic principle but also breaks the aesthetic routine skillfully, surpassing the achievements of the former generations. Du Fu's poems produced great and far influence on later generations, so as the Holy Poet, his holiness is not only in the history of politics and sociology, but also in the history of literature and aesthetics.

Key concepts: Poetry, Delicacy, Greatness, Aesthetics, Tone (literature), Style (visual arts), Embodied cognition, Art

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