Du Fu

Du Fu (Chinese: 杜甫; pinyin: Dù Fǔ; 712-770 AD) was a Chinese realistic poet. He was also called Zi Mei. Du Fu is often regarded, along with Li Bai and Wang Wei, as one of the three 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. His poetry describes human suffering that he had witnessed throughout his life. It also reflected on the troubled times during the Tang Dynasty. In 755 he was forced to flee his home and was separated from his family for a year.

Du Fu
There are no contemporaneous portraits of Du Fu; this is a later artist's impression.
Born	712 Gongyi, Henan, China
Died	770 (aged 57–58) Tanzhou, Hunan, China
Occupation	Poet
Children	Du Zongwen Du Zongwu Du Feng'er
Relatives	Du Shenyan (grandfather) Du Xian (father)
Chinese name
Chinese	杜甫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dù Fǔ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Duh Fuu Wade–Giles Tu4 Fu3 IPA [tû fù] Wu Suzhounese Dôu Fù Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Douh Fú IPA [tòu fǔː] Jyutping Dou6 Fu2 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tō͘ Hú Tâi-lô Tōo Hú Middle Chinese Middle Chinese /duoX pɨoX/
Zimei
Chinese	子美
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zǐmeǐ
Shaoling Yelao
Chinese	少陵野老
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shàolíng Yělǎo

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

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.