Explore The Northern Song Dynasty Scholars Was Du Boom

Du-fu has been prized as greatest poet from ancient times to the present. His poems have been canonized by Song Dynasty's literati. With commentaries from thousands of critic, Du-fu's poetry anthology which almost close to today's definitive edition, have been compiled in Song period. The form of Song poem truly takes shape at the same time. Therefore, it would be considered as a formative history of Song Poem, if all the critical viewpoint from Song period literati on Du's poem have been systematic summarized.The reason for Du's poem having been canonized lies not only in poets'favorite, but also in complexity of historical background and deeply social psychology of Song Dynasty. Some far-sighted scholar in Song Dynasty, when have domestic trouble and foreign invasion, worry about their people and country. That's could be found in Du's poem style and poetic spirit. So when literati fiercely criticize current malpractice and social immorality, the sounds call for the spirit of Du-fu would be very strong. Why Song's literati like to comment on Du's poem, there have two reasons. Firstly, it self-consciously discards the bad influence of late Tang dynasty. Secondly, it inherits and carries forward the high morals of traditional literati. Poets in early Song period are aphasic, because the Tang-Poems were a high peak which hard to be transgressed. Everything, every sense, every words could be compose in Du's poem which enlarge the poem theme, genre and style. That's benefit to Song poem's development. That's why Song's literati like to talk about Du's poem.The commentaries to Du's poem in Song period have change from low to high, from diversity to monotonous, from personal favorite to collective recognition, from spontaneous to follow blindly. Since Middle North Song period, Du-fu have been highly praised, even been deified. Some commentaries on Du's poem even come from the perspective of Confucian canon. Follow blindly; Song literati's actions and psychology have a bad influence on Song-Poem writing.