"His poems do not as a rule come through very well in translation."
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David Hawkes, A Little Primer of Tu Fu (1967), p. ix
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Du Fu
Du Fu (杜甫; 712 – 770) was a Chinese poet of the . Along with Li Bai, he is considered one of the greatest writers of Chinese poetry.
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