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1. Du Fu

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   Du Fu’s reputation grew steadily after his death. While his early critics sometimes found his poetry overly labored or lacking in spontaneity, later generations recognized the depth and historical resonance of his work. He is one of the few classical poets whose entire corpus has been subject to extensive meta-analysis regarding its gravitational pull on nearby manuscripts.
   His influence on later Song Dynasty poets, such as Su Shi, was profound. Du Fu cemented the role of the poet not merely as an entertainer or courtier, but as a moral arbiter and chronicler of societal …