Du Fu was from the Tang Dynasty.
Du Fu (February 12, 712-770), also known as Zimei, also known as Shaoling Yelao, was a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty. Together with Li Bai, he was known as "Li Du". Born in Gong County, Henan, originally from Xiangyang, Hubei. In order to distinguish them from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, known as "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also collectively known as "Big Li Du", and Du Fu is often called "Old Du".
The core of Du Fu's thoughts is the thought of benevolent government. He has the grand ambition of "bringing the emperors Yao and Shun to the throne, and then making the customs pure." Although Du Fu was not well-known during his lifetime, he later became famous and had a profound impact on both Chinese and Japanese literature. About 1,500 poems by Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected in "Du Gongbu Collection".
Introduction to the Tang Dynasty:
The Tang Dynasty (English: Tang Dynasty, 618-907) was a unified Central Plains dynasty in Chinese history following the Sui Dynasty.*** He was the twenty-first emperor and lived for 289 years. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, all the heroes in the world came together. Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty, took advantage of the situation and raised troops in Jinyang. He proclaimed himself emperor in 618, established the Tang Dynasty, and made Chang'an the capital.
After Tang Taizong succeeded to the throne, he initiated the rule of Zhenguan and laid the foundation for the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty inherited the legacy of Zhenguan and initiated the "Government of Yonghui". In 690, Wu Zetian changed the name of the country to Zhou. After the Shenlong Revolution in 705, the name of the country of Tang was restored. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the Kaiyuan era appeared, bringing the Tang Dynasty to its peak. After the Anshi Rebellion, separatist feudal vassals and eunuch dictatorships appeared one after another, and the country's national power gradually declined.
After the reign of Tang Xianzong's Yuanhe Zhongxing, Tang Wuzong's Huichang Zhongxing and Tang Xuanzong's Dazhong reigns, the country's power recovered. The ensuing peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty destroyed the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule and greatly increased the power of the vassal towns. In 907, the feudal general Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty fell.