Du Fu (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
For more than a millennium, Du Fu (doo foo), or Tu Fu, has enjoyed virtually unquestioned stature as China’s greatest poet; he occupies a unique position comparable to that of William Shakespeare in English-speaking countries. What is known about Du Fu’s life has been largely reconstructed from his poetry; he seems to have been a brilliant poet who spent most of his life vainly seeking court preferment. His family, although in straitened circumstances, was a notable one with royal, military, and literary connections. A distant ancestor was the general Tu Yü (222-284), and a more...
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