Study On Wenyuanyinghua Dufu’s Poetry

Dufu attracted little attention when he was alive.His poems became popular since the middle of Tang Dynasty.The literature dated from Tang Dynasty reveals the popularity of Dufu’s poems at that time.But the literature in the begining of Song Dynasty has nothing about Dufu and his poems.WenYuanYingHua is one of the four famous books in the begining of Song Dynasty. It includes 246 poems,the number is the same as Libai’s poems,and just behind BaiJuyi’s poems. It’s easy for us to learn about the popularity of Dufu’s poems in the early Song Dynasty from the part about Dufu in WenYuanYingHua.And it reflects the change of Dufu’s popularity from Tang to Song Dynasty.The introduction talks about current situation about the research of WenYuanYingHua, present the paper’s meaning in detail. The first chapter makes a summary about Dufu’s part in the book, and talks about this part’s popularity.The part about Dufu maybe the earliest poems we can learn. The part about Dufu in the book has its own advantages in version.It’s valuable in literature and collation.The second chapter talks about the situation of Dufu’s poems in WenYuanYingHua. The number of Dufu’s poems in the book is the second bigest part as Libai’s poems.Therefore,Dufu’s poems play an important role in the book. In the term of poems, Dufu’s part in the book mainly consist of five charater octave, five charater long octave,five character ancient verse,seven character ancient verse.The four lines poems aren’t included in the book.The third chapter mainly talks about the five character ancient verse.The part in the book can be divided into four subsection in terms of content and theme.The styles can be divided into two class, one is peculiar,the other is profound and forceful.From the popularity of Dufu’s poems,we can learn poets in Tang Dynasty prefer Dufu’s poems about the reality,poets in Song Dynasty prefer Dufu’s five character long octave. WenYuanYingHua has its own perference about Dufu’s poems. The fourth chapter anaylizes Dufu’s modern-style poetry in the book, talks about the content and theme of Dufu’s five character octave,seven character octave and five character long octave.The styles of Dufu’s moder-style poetry in the book are divided into three class, lucid and elegant,plain and popular,subtle and deep.At last,the paper shows the importance of five character octave,seven character octave and five character long octave on improving the popularity of Dufu’s poems.The fifth chapter talks about the seven character ancient verse, discuss about the part belong to Poetry and the part belong to Song’s content and theme.The seven character ancient verse in the book has two styles,one is majestic and bold, the other is profound and forceful. The seven character ancient verse part make a new era of Dufu’s poems’ popularity since Song Dynasty.