Painting in the Poetics of Du Fu 杜甫

Abstract

The various elements of poetry-painting analogy applied to Du Fu’s poetry reflect critical differentiation rather than a community of thought. None of them have reference to the original context in which the notion of “in poetry is painting” has meaning.In his poetry, Du Fu tested boundaries of poetry and widened the horizon of poetry in pursuit of what he termed as the highest meanings of beauty beyond words and images, creating a critical synthesis of poetry.