When did Du Fu pass away? How did Du Fu die?

Since the Shaoling Annals of the Song Dynasty by Lu Dafang, most scholars believe that Du Fu was born in the first year of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (712 AD) and died in the fifth year of the Great Calendar of the Tang Dynasty (770 AD) at the age of 59. Chen Yan, a scholar at the end of the Qing Dynasty, questioned Lü Dafang's theory for the first time in "Poetry of the Stone Relic Chamber", and he believed:"According to the old put an end to the pen, it should be in the song "Wind Sickness Pillow".

Leiyang Blocking Water" was at the turn of the spring and summer of the fifth year, "Wind Disease Shuhuai" was in its winter, and its summer "Bitter Heat in the Boat" was already available'Shame on the wind, Hu Ran berthed on the riverbank'sentence, then Du Gong's death must be in the sixth year of the calendar. "

After Chen's argument was proposed, no one responded to it for a long time. The first scholar in this century to agree with this theory and supplement it was Qiu Liangren. He successively wrote "Du Fu's Xiangjiang Poetry Monthly" and "Du Fu's Death and the Examination of His Birth and Death Years", and re-examined Du Fu's birth and death years to prove that Chen was correct.

Among them, the above article mainly uses the method of monthly compilation of works to conclude that Du Fu is still in Changsha in the winter of the fifth year of the Great Calendar; Later, according to the "Zizhi Tongjian", it is believed that Du Fu's "Three Great Gifts" was written in the tenth year of Tianbao, and there are among them"Forty years of travel"In other words, Du Fu was born in the second year of Xiantian, and Du Fu was 59 years old in this year, so Du Fu must have died in the sixth year of the Great Calendar instead of the fifth year of the Great Calendar.

Shortly after the publication of Ren's article, Wang Huibin also wrote articles on Du Fu's death year. He also believes that Du Fu is still alive in the sixth year of the Great Calendar, and his main arguments are: (1) In the spring of the sixth year of the Great Calendar, Liu Changqing and Du Fu gave poems in Hunan"Wei Zanshan"to Lingnan; (2) After Lu Yue escorted Wei Zhijin's coffin to Beijing in the autumn of the fifth year of the Great Calendar, he did not return to Changsha in the summer of the following year. (3) Xiao 12 (one as Xiao 20) pastor Changsha in the sixth year of the spring of the calendar, Du Fu wrote a poem in Tanzhou to ask for it"Rutted in the scales together"；(4) "In the Wind and Boat"."Three frost Chuhu anvils"The reference is the fourth, fifth, and sixth years of the Great Calendar.

Later, Wang Huibin wrote "Du Fu's New Theory of Poetry in the Wind and the Boat" to question the theory that "The Wind in the Boat" was a masterpiece, believing that it was written in the winter of the sixth year of the Great Calendar, and the theme was due to the nonsense of Xin Jingqi Mutan. In the spring of the following year, Xin Jingqi was recalled to Chang'an, Xiao 12 succeeded him, and Du Fu gave Xiao a poem, indicating that his death year should be in the spring of the seventh year of the Great Calendar.

In addition, the Sichuan Museum of Culture and History compiled the "Du Fu Annals" also examined the specific date of Du Fu's birth, and they believed that Du Fu should have been born on the first day of the first month of the first year of Xiantian (712 AD). However, Xiao Difei's "Du Fu Studies" and Chen Yizhuo's "Du Fu's Commentary" both believe that this theory is not credible.

Du Fu has met Li Bai twice in his life, but each time he stayed together for a long time, which is worthy of posterity.

There are many theories about the cause of Du Fu's death, some believe that he died of starvation, others believe that he was executed by order of the emperor, and others believe that he died of food poisoning.

To this day, the specific cause of Du Fu's death is still unknown. What is certain is that Du Fu died in the fifth year of Dali on a small boat from Tanzhou to Yueyang, when Du Fu was only fifty-nine years old.

Du Fu is known as the saint of poetry, but such a great poet lived in poverty all his life, lived in a thatched house, and recorded the social situation at that time with his own brushstrokes, and his death is embarrassing.

Du Fu Profile:

Du Fu (February 12, 712, 770), known as Zimei, self-named Shaoling Yelao, was a great realist poet of the Tang Dynasty, and was called "Li Du" together with Li Bai. Born in Gong County, Henan Province, he is originally from Xiangyang, Hubei. In order to distinguish it from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also called "Big Li Du", and Du Fu is often called "Old Du".

There are three main theories about the cause of Du Fu's death, one is that he died after eating beef liquor, one is drowning, and the other is that he died of illness.

1. Du Fu lived in poverty in his later years and was in poverty. Scholars Mo Lifeng and Tong Qiang's "Biography of Du Fu" Zhong mentioned that Du Fu fell ill in the winter and then unfortunately died. In the Tang Dynasty Li Guan's "Supplement to Du Shi's Remains", it is recorded that Du Fu's boat was overturned by the river and unfortunately drowned in the water.

2. Du Fu, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, was worried about the country and the people all his life, but his later life was very unfortunate, there were many reasons for his death, some thought that he died of illness, and some thought that he died of drowning, and some people thought that he committed suicide by throwing himself into the water, and the famous scholar Guo Moruo also put forward the idea of death from food poisoning, and some people thought that he died of overeating.

3, the most recognized point of view is overeating and dying, according to legend, Li Bai left Sichuan after the death of his friend Yan Wu, wandered outside, and when he arrived at the place of Leiyang, it rained heavily, the river was **, Du Fu's boat was trapped on the river and could not walk, and at this time he was old and frail, and he had not been able to eat for a long time, and he was in a desperate situation. The Leiyang County Commander knew about Du Fu's situation and immediately sent someone to send wine and meat, and after eating, Du Fu unfortunately passed away that night. Later, scholar Guo Moruo thought that it was also possible that Du Fu died of food poisoning caused by eating rotten meat.

1.Du Fu died in the winter of the fifth year of the Great Calendar on a small boat from Tanzhou to Yueyang.

2.Profile: Du Fu, whose name is Zimei, Han nationality, ancestral home of Xiangyang, was born in Gong County, Henan.

Self-named Shaoling Ye Lao, a great realist poet of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Bai are collectively called "Li Du". In order to distinguish Yan Chun from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Li Du", Du Hunger Lu Fu and Li Bai are also called "Big Li Du", and Du Fu is often called "Old Du".

3.Personal achievements: Du Fu's influence on classical Chinese poetry is very far-reaching, and he is known as the "poet saint" by later generations, and his poems are called "poetry history". Later generations called it Du Shiji, Du Gong Department, also known as Du Shaoling, Du Caotang.

4.Representative works: "Spring Hope", "Northern Expedition", "Three Officials", "Three Farewells", etc.

Du Fu's death: In the fifth year of the Great Calendar (770), Zang Jue made a rebellion in Tanzhou, Du Fu fled to Hengzhou, and originally planned to go to Chenzhou to seek refuge with his uncle Cui Xiang, but when he went to Leiyang, the river in the bridge swelled, so he had to moor Fangtianyi, and he didn't eat for five days. Later, Du Fu went from Leiyang to Chenzhou, and needed to go up more than 200 miles against the current, at this time the flood did not recede, Du Fu was determined to return to the north, so he changed his plan, went down the river, and turned back to Tanzhou.

In the winter of the fifth year of the Great Calendar (770), Du Fu died in a small boat from Tanzhou to Yueyang. He was fifty-nine years old.