A Play for Du Fu met Du Fu at the top of the mountain, and Dai Li stood at the top of the sky. Don't be too thin, but writing poems used to be very bitter. What does Li Bai want to tell Du Fu?
This song "For Du Fu" was written in the autumn of 746 AD (Tianbao five years), and Li Bai and Du Fu met for the last time in Yanzhou. This poem is humorous and even funny, similar to a limerick. Playing for Du Fu is a game text between friends, which is playful but not abusive, and reflects Li Bai's confidant and concern for Du Fu. On the one hand, Du Fu was worried about Li Yuan in his poor years, and his writing was extremely serious. As Ge, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said in Yun Zai, "Du Fu's poems are bitter and his words are strange" (the next sentence is "thinking about illness and speaking magnificently"). On the other hand, his career is bumpy, he is down and out, and he may be malnourished. Li Bai obviously knows this. His situation is not better than his, but he is more philosophical and more casual. He is eleven years older. So Li Bai actually comforted Du Fu with this poem. Poetry cannot be eaten as food. Don't write poetry too hard. Too thin is not good. Pay attention to your health.