# A Little Primer of Tu Fu

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- Authors: [David Hawkes](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-hawkes)
- Publisher: new_york_review_books
- ISBN: 978-96-2996-659-1
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2016-06-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The deepest and most varied of the Tang Dynasty poets, Tu Fu (Du Fu) is, in the words of David Hinton, the “first complete poetic sensibility in Chinese literature.” Tu Fu merged the public...