This couplet depicts Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. It was engraved in the Poetry History Museum of Du Fu Caotang in Chengdu, Sichuan. It was written by later generations in memory of Du Fu, and the author was anonymous.
Among them, Ling Du refers to Du Fu, claiming to be young and old at night, and is called "the sage of poetry" by later generations, and his poems are called "the history of poetry". Later generations called him Du Shiyi and Du Gongbu, and also called him Du Shaoling and Du Caotang.
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Du Fu Caotang Poetry History Museum is the third and main building on the central axis. More than 1400 poems left by Du Fu truly and vividly show the social life picture of the Tang Dynasty before and after the "An Shi Rebellion" and reflect the history of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.
Shaoling Monument Pavilion is one of the representative buildings of Du Fu Caotang. It is a thatched pavilion with a stone tablet engraved with four Chinese characters "Shaoling Caotang" written by Prince Guo. In the 12th year of Yongzheng (1734), Prince Guo sent the Dalai Lama to Tibet, passing through Chengdu, and made a special trip to visit the thatched cottage, leaving this handwriting.