Du Mu and who are called Du Xiaoli?
Du Mu was an outstanding poet and essayist in Tang Dynasty, the grandson of Du You, the prime minister, and the son of Du You. Influenced by Du Fu and Han Yu, Du Mu's ancient poems have a wide range of themes and strong brushwork. Modern poetry is famous for its beautiful words and ups and downs. Qian Miao's "On Du Mu's Poetry" holds that the delicate and cool style in Du Mu's poetry is unique in the late Tang Dynasty and in the whole Tang Dynasty. This is the characteristic of Du Mu's artistic genius, interwoven with strong feelings of worrying about the country and the people and the tenderness of hurting the spring and others. He made great achievements in the late Tang Dynasty.
Li Shangyin was one of the few poets who deliberately pursued the beauty of poetry in the late Tang Dynasty and even the whole Tang Dynasty. He is good at poetry writing, and parallel prose has high literary value. His poems are novel in conception and beautiful in style, especially some love poems and untitled poems are touching, beautiful and popular. Untitled poetry is Li Shangyin's unique creation. Most of them take the lovesickness of men and women as the theme, with faint artistic conception, full of twists and turns of feelings, beautiful words, pleasant tone, which can be dense and dense, and makes people sad to read. Due to his childhood environment and education, Li Shangyin's world outlook basically belongs to the Confucian system, and he has a positive attitude towards life and is eager to make a difference.
Because their literary achievements are quite high and they share the same surname as Du Li, the world calls them Little Du Li.