Du Fu
Britishnoun
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Du Fu, Baruch Spinoza and Hannah Arendt were all cast out of their communities by authorities who imposed narrow definitions of acceptable thought.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
Among the dead, well, some of the most extraordinary “nature writing” I know is by Celtic monks from the eighth and ninth centuries, or Tang Dynasty wanderer-poets such as Li Bai and Du Fu.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2020
“For a hundred li,” Du Fu wrote, “you can make out the smallest thing.”
From New York Times • May 11, 2020
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