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  1. Du Mu
    Du MuTang dynasty calligrapher
    OverviewPoetryQuotesPersonal life
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    Born803 · Chang'an
    Died852 · Chang'an
    OccupationCalligrapher, poet, politician
    1. Du Mu
      Returned to Chang'an as Vice Director of Merit Titles.
      848
    2. Du Mu
      Transferred to post of Vice Director of Ministry of Personnel.
      849
    3. Du Mu
      Appointed governor of Huzhou at own request.
      850
    4. Du Mu
      Recalled to Chang'an as Director of Bureau of Evaluation and Drafter.
      851
    Modern references

    In 1968, Roger Waters of the rock band Pink Floyd borrowed lines from his poetry including "Lotuses lean on each other in yearning" (多少綠荷相倚恨) to create the lyrics for the song Set the Controls for the Heart of th… See more

    Further reading

    • Burton, Richard F. Plantains in the Rain: Selected Chinese Poems of Du Mu. Wellsweep 1990. ISBN 9780948454080. This is a bilingual text. The Chinese is in traditional characters.
    • Francis, Mark. Running U… See more

    External links

    "Ten poems of Du Mu". Archived from the original on 2 September 2004. Included in 300 Selected Tang poems, translated by Witter Bynner
    Du Mu's poems (in Simplified Chinese)… See more