4.54.5 out of 5 stars(90) Paperback 18.0018.00 FREE delivery Thu, Apr 13 on 25 of items shipped by Amazon Or fastest delivery Mon, Apr 10 More Buying Choices4. His poems speak of the sad fate of the people, and his deep hatred of war.īroken clouds darken after thinning away.Īnd beyond - white birds blaze in flight. Li Po and Tu Fu: Poems Selected and Translated with an Introduction and Notes (Penguin Classics) by Tu Fu, Li Po, et al. He was born in the year 712 in Gongxian, China, and received a traditional Confucian education, although he twice failed the imperial examinations necessary to become a civil servant. Tu Fu was deeply moved by the sorrow of his troubled times. Tu Fu read poems by this poet Tu Fu, also called Du Fu, was a major Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. He and Li Po (701-762 A.D.) were close friends.

While Li Tai-po was Taoist in spirit Tu Fu remained devoutly Confucian. Tu Fu (712-770 A.D.) lived in the Tang Dynasty, the golden age of Chinese poetry.

As a result he spent much of his youth travelling, during which he met the famous poet Li Tai-po. Dreaming Of Li Po Facing Snow by Tu Fu From Autumn Thoughts (Poem 1 of 8) Full Moon Gazing At Mount Tai Gazing At The Sacred Peak Jiang Village Lone Wild Goose Lone Wild Goose by Tu Fu Looking At Mount Tai Meandering River II by Tu Fu Tr. His poetry stands as a great record to Chinese history, life and his own view of morality, which is closely linked to the more formal morality of Confucianism.īorn into a scholarly family Tu Fu received a Confucian education but failed in the Imperial examination.

Along with Li Bai (Li Po), he is one of the greatest classical Chinese poets. Du Fu (712–770) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty.

Li po and tu fu poems