Guo Ziyi, by contrast, lost many battles and, deservedly,
retained
the emperor?
Du Fu - 5
In the mountains my wife and children weep facing the heavens, 12 from your stables I need the wind-chasing brown charger.
The minister Fang Guan, whose military ineptness had led to the defeat of�the imperial army at Chentao and Changban, fell from Suzong?
s favor.
Du Fu was a friend and strong supporter of Fang Guan, and he spoke up in Fang Guan?
s defense, which weakened Du Fu?
s own position at court.
This speaks well of Du Fu?
s loyalty to friends, but very poorly of his judgment in political matters.
Du Fu asked Suzong to ?
ignore small things and note greater things.
?
Losing a very large imperial army to a scholar?
s folly is hard to forgive as a ?
small thing.
?
Guo Ziyi, by contrast, lost many battles and, deservedly, retained the emperor? s support. Fang Guan? s usefulness in the crisis was a delusion that Suzong could not afford to entertain. Du�Fu? s politically stupid protest was initially forgiven on the grounds that one should not stifle protest. It was forgiven but not forgotten. Du Fu never 1 Original note: ? Presented to Li [Siye], Lord Specially Advanced; composed on the�way from Fengxiang to Fuzhou, my route passing through Binzhou? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Guo Ziyi, by contrast, lost many battles and, deservedly, retained the emperor? s support. Fang Guan? s usefulness in the crisis was a delusion that Suzong could not afford to entertain. Du�Fu? s politically stupid protest was initially forgiven on the grounds that one should not stifle protest. It was forgiven but not forgotten. Du Fu never 1 Original note: ? Presented to Li [Siye], Lord Specially Advanced; composed on the�way from Fengxiang to Fuzhou, my route passing through Binzhou? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
