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Du Fu

712 - 770

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Du Fu (Chinese: 杜甫; pinyin: Dù Fǔ; Wade–Giles: Tu Fu; 712–770) was a Chinese poet and politician during the Tang dynasty. Together with his elder contemporary and friend Li Bai, Du is often considered one of the greatest Chinese poets of his time. His greatest ambition was to serve his country as a successful civil servant, but Du proved unable to make the necessary accommodations. His life, like all of China, was devastated by the An Lushan rebellion of 755, and his last 15 years were a time of almost constant unrest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Du Fu is the 87th most popular writer (up from 105th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from China (down from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Writer.

Du Fu is most famous for his poetry.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Du Fu ranks 87 out of 7,302Before him are Nikolai Gogol, D. H. Lawrence, Daniel Defoe, Abu Nuwas, Kālidāsa, and Maxim Gorky. After him are Pablo Neruda, George Bernard Shaw, Maurice Maeterlinck, Kurt Vonnegut, Giorgio Vasari, and Milan Kundera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 712, Du Fu ranks 1After him is Theuderic IV. Among people deceased in 770, Du Fu ranks 1After him are Empress Kōken, and Abe no Nakamaro.

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In China

Among people born in China, Du Fu ranks 18 out of 1,610Before him are Sima Qian (-145), Puyi (1906), 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Xi Jinping (1953), Sun Yat-sen (1866), and Deng Xiaoping (1904). After him are Ip Man (1893), Wu Zetian (624), Zhuang Zhou (-369), Hu Jintao (1942), Zhu Xi (1130), and Empress Dowager Cixi (1835).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Du Fu ranks 2Before him are Li Bai (701). After him are Lu Xun (1881), Gao Xingjian (1940), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Qu Yuan (-343), Mo Yan (1955), Luo Guanzhong (1330), Bai Juyi (772), Su Shi (1037), Kumārajīva (343), and Faxian (340).