Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Du Mu (杜牧, pinyin: Dů Mů, 803 - 852) was a leading realistic poet during the late Tang dynasty of China. His courtesy name was Muzhi (牧之), and sobriquet Fánchuan (樊川). He was born in Chang'an (present-day Xi'an). Often, he is mentioned with another famous poet Li Shangyin as the Little Li-Du (小李杜), opposed to the Great Li-Du: Li Bai and Du Fu. Du Mu was skilled in poetry and poetic prose and ancient Chinese prose. His poems was adored by Du Fu and Han Yu. See also: List of Chinese language poets External Links Du Mu's poems (in Chinese) Brief introduction to Du Mu Brief introduction to Du Mu Du Mu's poems (in Simpified Chinese) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.