Stephen Owen published annotated translations, with facing Chinese texts, of the complete poetry of Du Fu in six volumes
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Du Fu
Du Fu 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 o…
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culture · Tang dynasty Chinese poet (712–770) · poet · writer · calligrapher · also Du Fu, Fu Du, Fu
Born 1 January 0712 · Died 1 January 0770 · Q33772
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Followed by an expanded and revised edition in 2020
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“Within the vermilion gate, meats and wines go to wasteWhile on the roadside lie the frozen bodies of the poor.”
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Died 0770-01-01.
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Born 0712-01-01.
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