Study On Du Fu’s Five-Character Metrical Verses

Five-character metrical verse is not only the main genre of Du Fu’s poetry which has the largest number, but also has a very high ideological and aesthetic standard.The main features of Du Fu’s five-character metrical verses are epitome and innovation. In the aspect of subject matter, his poetry almost covers the range of the previous themes, and he also good at exploiting the field where predecessors never involved in. His five-character metrical verses may divide into seven categories:poetry of his heart, pastoral poetry, social intercourse poetry, farewell poetry, banquet poetry, object-chanting poetry and memorial poetry. In the aspect of style,from the vertical point of view,sharp,assertive and strict are characteristics of his poetry respectively in his youth, middle age and old age.From the lateral view, Diversity is the main feature.Du Fu’s dominant style of five-character metrical verses is profound and forceful,apart from this, he also has styles like natural, bold, odd, humorous, elegant etc.In addition, The main features of Du Fu’s five-character metrical verses also reflected in word function, syntax, art of composition, rhythm and rhetoric.Five-character metrical verse has become the main genre of Du Fu’s poetry,which is the result of his rational choice,and the choice was under the influence of his conscious of poetry genre selection. From the perspective of poetic ontological, it was related to the artistic characteristics and aesthetic functions of five-character metrical verse;From the perspective of literature sociology, it was the result of the social and political function of this genre which focus on imperial examination in the early and flourishing Tang, while its also affected by the preferences of the ruling class;Then,from the perspective of family history,he inherited and developed his grandfather’s achievement of this genre.Overall, to figure out Du Fu’s influence in the history of five-character metrical verses, the first one is that he epitomized the predecessor’s achievement. Second is to promote the new change of this genre Finally,his five-character metrical verses opened the new world, later poets each inherited some parts of him, or even we can say,to some extent,almost all five-character metrical verses after his era were influenced by Du Fu.