Du Fu 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. 712 – 770; died at about 58. Alive at the same time as Charlemagne, Abū Ḥanīfa, Li Bai, Abu Nuwas, and Jabir ibn Hayyan. Wiki link