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Du Fu

712 – 770 · China · Literature

The 'poet-historian' whose verse recorded a dynasty's collapse.

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Continuity of ideas

Who shaped Du Fu, and who they shaped

Inherited from1

  • Li Bai

    701 – 762 · Literature

    Their friendship and rivalry set the two poles of Chinese classical poetry.

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  • Matsuo Bashō

    1644 – 1694 · Literature

    Bashō's travel poetics quote and answer Du Fu's wartime landscapes.

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    Primary texts and first editions by or about Du Fu

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