In 755 A.D., An Shi Rebellion broke out, and the whole north was constantly in war, and the people were displaced. Du Fu's family also went to Sichuan during this period. In 762 AD, the imperial army won a great victory near Luoyang and recovered a large area of land in the north and south of the Yellow River. In 763 AD, Shi Chaoyi, the son of Shi Siming, the leader of the Anshi Rebellion, committed suicide, and his generals surrendered in succession, thus ending the Anshi Rebellion.
Du Fu was very excited and ecstatic when he heard the news. He wrote this famous poem "The banks of the Yellow River were recovered by the imperial army".
The imperial army recovered the whole poem on both sides of the Yellow River as follows:
The news of this distant western station! The north has been recovered! At first, I couldn't stop crying on my coat.
Where are my wife and son? There is not a trace of sadness on their faces. However, I packed my books and poems crazily.
On a green spring day, I began to go home, singing my songs loudly and drinking my wine.
Come back from this mountain, pass another mountain, go up from the south and then go north-to my own town! .
Explanation:
News came from outside Jianmenguan (referring to Sichuan) that the rebel base area in northern Jizhou had been recovered. After listening to this, I was so excited that I couldn't help crying, and my tears were all on my clothes.
Looking back at his wife and children, they are also full of smiling faces, where there is still a little sadness of leaving home; I am happily packing my books and poems, and I plan to pack my belongings and prepare to go back to my hometown.
On such a happy day, of course, we should sing loudly, drink happily, and let the bright spring accompany our family back to their long-lost hometown.
We all thought about the route home, so we went to Wuxia after crossing the dam, then went down to Xiangyang and went straight to Luoyang.
The Imperial Army Recovers the Banks of the Yellow River is a rare work full of happiness in Du Fu's poems, and every sentence in the poem can radiate the excitement in the author's heart. After years of wandering, Du Fu was filled with depression and anxiety. He was so excited that he finally looked forward to the good news of returning to his hometown.
This year, Du Fu was 52 years old and lived in a foreign land for half his life. Finally, he has the news that he can go back to his hometown. The excitement in his heart is beyond words.
Unfortunately, this ardent expectation of returning to my hometown did not come true in the end. In the following years, Du Fu continued to wander on his way home. Finally, in the winter of 770 AD, Du Fu died on the boat from Tanzhou to Yueyang at the age of 59. The hometown he wants to go back to has become an elusive existence in his life.