Autumn Day in Kui Prefecture
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"Autumn Day in Kui Prefecture" is a poem by 8th-century Chinese poet Du Fu (712–770). The full title of this poem is Autumn Day in Kui Prefecture, A Song Submitted to Supervisor Zheng and Advisor Li, in One Hundred Rhymes (according to title translation by Alfreda Murck). As a poem, "Autumn Day in Kui Prefecture" is an example of Tang poetry, which received considerable attention during the Song dynasty, in Song poetry, and later, even through modern times. During the Song dynasty Du Fu's "Autumn Day in Kui Prefecture" received particular attention, with the poem being subtly alluded to through rhyme-scheme referencing by Su Shi and his circle: in other words, Su Shi and the poets of his circle wrote poems which utilized the same rhyming words from Du Fu's poem, thus subtly referencing the sense and sentiment of Du Fu's line, but without overtly stating what might be censured as inappropriate. This allowed him and others to express opinions about government and society, without suffering the consequences, as Su Shi had previously done, in the Crow Terrace Poetry Trial, when his poetry was used as evidence resulting in his conviction and exile.
Name of poem | |
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Traditional Chinese | "秋日夔府詠懷奉寄鄭監李賓客一百韻" |
Simplified Chinese | "秋日夔府咏怀奉寄郑监李宾客一百韵" |
Literal meaning | "Autumn Day in Kui Prefecture, A Song Submitted to Supervisor Zheng and Advisor Li, in One Hundred Rhymes" (Alfreda Murck translation) |
Name of author | |
Chinese | 杜甫 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Dù Fǔ |
Wade–Giles | Tu Fu (Tu⁴ Fu³) |