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Photo
Dufu
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
Du Fu
Licence
Public domain
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Resized

杜甫

Dù Fǔ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Du Fu (Tang dynasty poet, Poet Sage)

About Du Fu

712–770 · 诗人 poet

Tang dynasty poet who wrote of war, hunger and the hardship of ordinary people around the An Lushan Rebellion. Pupils learn his 春望, which opens 国破山河在, "the state is broken, its hills and rivers remain".

Also called  子美、 少陵野老、 诗圣、 杜工部

Characters

The name Du Fu is a traditional given name. The individual meanings of the characters don't have a direct connection, but the combination is a respectful name.

Examples

HSK 5
Dù Fǔ shì Zhōngguó zuì wěidà de shīrén zhīyī.
Du Fu is one of the greatest poets in China.

Tips

culture
In March 2012 doodles on his textbook portrait swept Chinese social media: Du Fu riding a scooter in sunglasses, shooting hoops, driving a tank. The craze was called 杜甫很忙, 'Du Fu is very busy'.

Stroke Order

杜 dù
甫 fǔ