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Which Tang dynasty poet, paired with Li Bai as the twin peaks of Chinese verse, wrote with a deep social conscience about the sufferings of ordinary people during the An Lushan Rebellion?
Answer: Du Fu — Du Fu (712–770) has been called the 'Poet-Historian' (Shi Sheng) because his poems document the social devastation of his era with unflinching precision, from starving children to corrupt tax collectors.
- A Meng Haoran
- B Du Fu ✓
- C Wang Changling
- D Li Shangyin
Du Fu (712–770) has been called the 'Poet-Historian' (Shi Sheng) because his poems document the social devastation of his era with unflinching precision, from starving children to corrupt tax collectors.