The title "history of poetry" appeared earlier. As early as the late Tang Dynasty, the poem "Gaoyi" once wrote; "Du Fu encountered difficulties in Lushan Mountain. He moved from Gansu to Sichuan. When he finished writing poetry, he pushed it to the hidden place, and almost nothing happened, so it was called the history of poetry at that time. " Du fu was still alive at this time, so people called his works. Later, Song Qi also wrote in The Biography of Du Fu in the New Tang Dynasty: "Fu is good at telling current events, and his method is profound, so he is called' the history of poetry'. . "As for the title of" poet sage ",Song Qi's article already contains this meaning. Wang Sishuang, the author of Du Yi in the Ming Dynasty, wrote in Dream of Shaoling: "Violet is a poet, and I am also a poet."

"History of Poetry" refers to the realistic spirit and creative method of "being good at telling current events" embodied in Du Fu's poems. A "good account of current events" has two meanings: one is to write about or be related to major events at that time. Specifically, Du Fu's poems refer to what he saw, heard and felt when he made trouble in Lushan and moved to Longshu. This is different from the general reflection of reality. Otherwise, the "history of poetry" is too broad. Because the Anshi Rebellion was the key to the decline of the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu's colorful descriptions of various social scenes in this historical turning point make his poems have the significance of profoundly reflecting the law of social development. Secondly, "the history of poetry" not only means that the theme written in the works involves major social events, but also means that the ideas embodied in the works are profound and have a positive ideological education effect on society. This point is also very prominent in Du Fu's poems written around the Anshi Rebellion. ?

Du Fu's realistic spirit with "the history of poetry" as the core is the embodiment of China's historiographer culture and the inheritance and development of the realistic tradition of The Book of Songs.