This poem uses a rhetorical "double" approach: "Qi Wangzhai" uses "Cui"; "Li" versus "Feng"; "Ordinary" versus "several degrees" versus "seeing" versus "smelling".

Double functions are neat and symmetrical, with strong sense of rhythm, high generalization, easy to remember and musical aesthetics.

"It's a common thing in Qi Wang's family, and Cui has heard it several times before." "Encountering the River" written by Du Fu in Tang Dynasty means that I often see you and hear your songs at home with Cui Jiu.

Creation background

This poem was probably written in 770 AD (the fifth year of Dali) when Du Fu was in Changsha. After the Anshi Rebellion, Du Fu drifted to the south of the Yangtze River, reunited with the exiled court singer Li Guinian, recalled his frequent meetings and listening to songs in Wang Qi and Cui Jiufu, and wrote this poem with emotion.

Du Fu met Li Guinian for the first time in his high-spirited youth, when it was the "golden age of Kaiyuan". Du Fu has long been appreciated by Li Fan, King of Qi, and Cui Di, the secretary supervisor, and can enjoy Li Guinian's singing in their mansion. In Du Fu's mind, Li Guinian is closely connected with the prosperous Kaiyuan era and his romantic youth life.

Decades later, they met again in Jiangnan. At this time, the Tang Dynasty, which suffered from the eight-year Anshi Rebellion, has turned from prosperity to decline, and the evening scenery of the two of them is also very bleak. This encounter naturally leads to Du Fu's pent-up sense of infinite vicissitudes. This poem spans several decades in Cang Sang. The changes of society and the description of scenery convey the poet's feelings about the decline of the world.