Du Fu
Tang dynasty Chinese poet
- Lived
- 712–770
- Country
- Tang dynasty
Updated September 2026
About Du Fu
Du Fu was a Chinese poet and government official of the Tang dynasty. Together with his older contemporary and friend Li Bai, he is one of the principal poets associated with Tang poetry. Nearly 1,500 poems attributed to him survive.
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