Looking at the Moon is a five-character ancient poem written by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. By depicting the majestic scene of Mount Tai, this poem enthusiastically praises the majestic momentum and magical and beautiful scenery of Mount Tai, reveals the love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland, and expresses the poet's ambition and spirit of not being afraid of difficulties, daring to climb to the top and overlooking everything.
This poem is a work of Du Fu's youth, full of the romance and passion of the poet's youth. There is not a word of hope in the whole poem, but it revolves around the word of hope in the poem, from far to near, to gaze, and finally to overlook.
The poet described the majestic atmosphere of Mount Tai, expressed his ambition to climb the peak and overlook everything, and was full of vigorous vitality.
Du Fu is a scholar and once served as foreign minister in the calibration department, so he is called Du Gongbu. He is the greatest realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty, and is known as a poet saint after the Song Dynasty. He and Li Bai are also called Du Li. His poems boldly exposed the social contradictions at that time and expressed deep sympathy for the poor people. Many excellent works show the historical process of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, which is called the history of poetry.