The Thatched Hut Wrecked by Autumn Wind

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"The Thatched Hut Wrecked by Autumn Wind" is a renowned poem by Tang dynasty poet Du Fu that poignantly depicts his personal hardship and compassion for the poor amid social turmoil.

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instanceOf Tang dynasty poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
aimsFor arousing sympathy for the poor ⓘ
associatedPlace Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum in Chengdu ⓘ
author Du Fu ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
culturalStatus classic of Chinese literature ⓘ
widely anthologized Chinese poem ⓘ
expresses Du Fu’s concern for the common people ⓘ
ideal of universal shelter ⓘ
moral conscience ⓘ
form regulated verse (lüshi) or near-regulated verse ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasCharacter Du Fu (as lyrical speaker) ⓘ
linked to: Du Fu
historicalContext An Lushan Rebellion ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
literaryMovement realist poetry of Du Fu ⓘ
literaryPeriod Tang dynasty ⓘ
mainTheme compassion for the poor ⓘ
empathy ⓘ
personal hardship ⓘ
political turmoil ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
suffering of common people ⓘ
meter five-character lines ⓘ
moralIdeal “great shelter for all the poor scholars under heaven” ⓘ
notableFor moral idealism ⓘ
social concern ⓘ
vivid depiction of poverty ⓘ
portrays leaking house in autumn rain ⓘ
storm destroying the poet’s thatched roof ⓘ
suffering of the poet’s family ⓘ
wish that all the poor could have secure housing ⓘ
relatedWork Du Fu’s poems on war and displacement ⓘ
setting Chengdu ⓘ
Du Fu’s thatched cottage ⓘ
studiedIn Chinese school curricula ⓘ
tone compassionate ⓘ
indignant ⓘ
sorrowful ⓘ
usesImageryOf autumn wind ⓘ
broken thatch ⓘ
rain ⓘ

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Du Fu → notableWork → The Thatched Hut Wrecked by Autumn Wind ⓘ