biography
| name: |
Du Fu
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also spelled Tu Fu
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pronunciation:
[doo foo]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (712–70)
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| biography:
| Poet, friend, and admirer of Li Bo. Born into a noble family near Changan (Xian) he became a minor official at the Tang court of Xuanzong despite failing the imperial examinations. Like Li Bo, he wrote lyrical poems on friendship and wine, but his Confucianism also inspired poems of human feeling, social criticism, political comment, and hostility to war. A prolific writer, his best work includes ‘Autumn Day’, ‘Ballad of Lovely Ladies’, ‘Journey from the Capital’, and ‘The War Chariot’. No contemporary European source can rival his poems for social and historical detail. |
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