Du Fu

Du Fu
Born	712
Died	770 Dan Tu
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Chinese
Period	Tang dynasty

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Du (Tu).

Du Fu (Chinese: 杜甫; Pinyin: Dù Fǔ; 712-770) was a Chinese realistic poet. Du Fu is often regarded, along with Li Bai, as one of the two greatest poets in China's literary history. He has been called Poet-Historian and the Poet-Sage by Chinese critics. Today we know about 1,400 of his poems.

References

• Chou, Eva Shan; (1995). Reconsidering Tu Fu: Literary Greatness and Cultural Context. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-44039-4.
• Hung, William; (1952). Tu Fu: China's Greatest Poet. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-7581-4322-2.