Du Fu's ten most famous poems are "The Year of Li Gui in the South of the Yangtze River", "Climbing High", "Climbing the Yueyang Tower", "Walking at Night", "Four Quatrains (Part Three)", "Seven Quatrains Walking Alone by the River Looking for Flowers (Part 6)", "Joyful Rain on a Spring Night", "Looking at Spring", "Looking at the Prime Minister of Shu", and "Looking at the Mountains".
Du Fu (February 12, 712-770), named Zimei, also known as Shaoling Yelao, was a famous realist poet in the Tang Dynasty. Together with Li Bai, he was known as "Li Du". Born in Gong County, Henan, originally from Xiangyang, Hubei.
The core of Du Fu's thoughts is the thought of benevolent government. He has the grand ambition of "bringing the emperors Yao and Shun to the throne, and then making the customs pure." Although Du Fu was not well-known during his lifetime, he later became famous and had a profound impact on both Chinese and Japanese literature. About 1,500 poems by Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected in "Du Gongbu Collection".
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In terms of the content of Du Fu's poems, most of his works reflect the social situation at that time, with a wide range of themes and far-reaching implications. They especially describe the sufferings of the people and express his compassion for others. Du's poems are known as the history of poetry due to his feelings of benevolence and love for things and concern for the country and the people. This saying was first seen in the late Tang Dynasty.