When you see the title of this article, you will definitely find it strange. Isn't Du Fu a famous realist poet during the Tang Dynasty? Students who have received compulsory education since childhood are definitely no strangers to this great poet. He is a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty and is known as the "Sage of Poetry". Because most of his poems reveal reality, his poems are also called "History of Poetry". Du Fu and Li Bai, another romantic poet known as the "Immortal of Poetry" in the Tang Dynasty, also known as "Li Du", are outstanding representatives of the pinnacle of poetry in the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu had outstanding talents and left many famous poems, which can be said to be famous at home and abroad.
Du Fu, who is famous in history, is naturally an upright man, not a eunuch, but there are always people with the same name in the world. There was actually a eunuch with the same name as Du Fu in the Ming Dynasty. He was born in 1468 AD and died in 1527 AD. He was a very famous eunuch at that time.
The eunuch Du Fu was from Laishui County, Baoding Prefecture. He was elected to the palace in the 18th year of Chenghua, when he was fourteen years old. There is no detailed record of why Du Fu was castrated and entered the palace and became a eunuch who served people with neither men nor women. But presumably, like most eunuchs, because their family was poor and unable to make a living, they finally chose to purify themselves and enter the palace. However, because eunuchs still had great power in the Ming Dynasty, there was a trend of entering the palace and climbing up the ranks, and it was unknown to enter the palace voluntarily.
Du Fusheng was tall and tall. When he first entered the palace, he was not assigned to serve in the imperial prison. Perhaps because of his outstanding performance or the appreciation of his superiors, he was soon transferred to Prince Zhu Youtang on duty. Serving the prince is a rare and good job, and Du Fu himself should be quite good at it.
After Du Fu arrived at Zhu Youtang's side, he quickly won Zhu Youtang's favor and became his permanent companion in less than a year. In the 16th year of Hongzhi, Du Fu was promoted to Fengyu.
In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, Zhu Youtang, Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, passed away, but Du Fu rose to prominence and was promoted to Zuo Jiancheng, the Royal Horse Prisoner, responsible for the custody of men. Soon after, he was favored by Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty ordered him to deliver imperial talismans to the royal palace of Shaanxi and other palaces. He was especially allowed to ride horses in the palace and was given python clothes and jade belts.
In the second year of Zhengde, Du Fu was transferred to Shangyi Prison as the eunuch in charge of the eunuch, and was in charge of the military affairs of the military camp. At this time, Du Fu was no longer a slave in the palace, but a person with real power. In the seventh year of Zhengde's reign, he added 24 shi of rice every year, and was ordered to hang robes and weave in Fujian.
In the ninth year of Zhengde's reign, Du Fu was trusted by Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, and served as the governor's personal division, Tongzhou and other offices. He helped the emperor keep a close eye on the two bags. Although he seemed to have no future, it proved the emperor's importance and trust in him.
In the 10th year of Zhengde's reign, Du Fu was promoted to a royal eunuch, and the imperial envoy was in charge of Huguang and other places. When he served as an imperial envoy, he was praised by officials in Huguang area. For this performance, he was later awarded a dragon robe by Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty. Later, I saw that he was experienced, knowledgeable, and capable. Muyu Shi was transferred to the Fujian garrison eunuch.
In the 16th year of Zhengde, Ming Wuzong died of illness. As usual, Du Fu was demoted to You Shaojian and transferred to Kangling Sixiang. During the Jiajing Dynasty, he gradually faded out of people's sight. He died in the sixth year of Jiajing, and his epitaph was personally written by Wang Shizhong, Minister of War.
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