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Tu Fu (712-770 / Gong County / China)
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Most of what is known of Du Fu’s life comes from his own poems. His paternal grandfather was Du Shenyan, a noted politician and poet during the reign of Empress Wu. He was born in 712 in Gong county, near Luoyang, Henan province. In later life he considered himself to belong to the capital city of Chang'an, ancestral hometown of the Du family.
Du Fu's mother died shortly after he was born, and he was partially raised by his aunt. He had an elder brother, who died young. He also had three half brothers and one half sister, to whom he frequently refers in his poems, although he never mentions his stepmother.
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One of Tu Fu (Du Pu) 's greatest poems is not listed here but I quote it in:
http: //www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-route-from-the-capital-to-fengxian-to-damascus/
Dear friends!
I offer you translation of the poem of Mr. Tu Fu into Russian. Translation is placed on a Russian-speaking site
www.stihi.ru
sirch: А в т о р – В л а д и м и р М а р к е л о в – Н а и с х о д е д н я
Thank you.
Dear Honorable Tu Fu,
With great pleasure it was
to read your fine wine poem
many an Englishman would envy
your 8th century language mastery
As for me I like Vodka better than tofu
Sincerely,
Your gypsy friend from the 21st century
Tu Fu had immense love for Li Po!
Uriah loves them both!