great adversity, it also proved to be the source of inspiration for some of Du Fu's greatest verse. The social collapse transformed his outlook, and endowed him with deep compassion for the suffering he saw all around. Much more so than the other major Tang poets, many of Du Fu's later poems reflect a developed social conscience. And the occasionally querulous tone of his earlier work matures into a lyric that has been informed by a tragic sense of life.So here are two poems by Du Fu. The first is from his earlier years and is a more conventional Tang lyric about the sadness occasioned by springtime.
from The Epoch Times: Du Fu: Poetry Wrought from Hardship
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