Du Fu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Du (Tu).

Not to be confused with Du Mu.

Du Fu
Posthumous portrait
Born	712 possibly Gong County, Henan, Tang China
Died	770 (aged 57–58) Uncertain
Occupations	Poet, government official
Children	Zongwen Zongwu Feng'er
Relatives	Du Shenyan (grandfather) Du Xian (father)

Du Fu
Du's name in Chinese characters
Chinese name
Chinese	杜甫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dù Fǔ Wade–Giles Tu4 Fu3 IPA [tû fù] Wu Suzhounese Dou6 Fu3 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Douh Fú Jyutping Dou6 Fu2 IPA [tɔw˨ fu˧˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tō͘ Hú Tâi-lô Tōo Hú Middle Chinese Middle Chinese /duoX pɨoX/
Courtesy name
Chinese	子美
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zǐmeǐ Wade–Giles Tzu3-mei3 IPA [tsì.mèɪ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jí-méih Jyutping Zi2 mei5 IPA [tsi˧˥.mej˩˧]
Art name
Chinese	少陵野老
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shàolíng Yělǎo Wade–Giles Shao4-ling2 Yeh3-lao3 IPA [ʂâʊ.lǐŋ iɤ̀.làʊ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Siú-lìhng Yéh-lóuh Jyutping Siu2 ling4 Je5 lou5 IPA [siw˧˥.lɪŋ˧˥ jɛ˩˧.lɔw˩˧]
Japanese name
Kanji	杜甫
Hiragana	とほ
Transcriptions Romanization To Ho

Du Fu (Chinese: 杜甫; pinyin: Dù Fǔ; Wade–Giles: Tu Fu; 712 – 770) was a Chinese poet and government official of the Tang dynasty. Together with his older contemporary and friend Li Bai, he is one of the principal poets associated with Tang poetry. Nearly 1,500 poems attributed to him survive.

Du Fu pursued an official career and briefly served as a remonstrance official at the imperial court. The An Lushan rebellion, which began in 755, displaced him and his family and shaped much of his later writing. He subsequently lived in Qinzhou and Chengdu before traveling through the middle Yangtze region. Du Fu died in 770; accounts differ on the place and cause of his death.

Later Chinese critics called him the "Poet-Historian" and the "Poet-Sage". His poetry records war, displacement, official life, family experience, and everyday observation, and it became influential in both Chinese and Japanese literary traditions.