Du Mu

Who was Du Mu?

Du Mu was a leading Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty. His courtesy name was Muzhi, and sobriquet Fanchuan.

Regarded as a major poet during a golden age of Chinese poetry, his name is often mentioned together with that of another renowned Late Tang poet, Li Shangyin, as the Little Li-Du, in contrast to the Great Li-Du: Li Bai and Du Fu. Among his influences were Du Fu, Li Bai, Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan.