Du Fu

The ‘Sage of Poetry’, whose verse records the suffering of the An Lushan rebellion; he lived for several years in a thatched cottage in Chengdu.

Lived	AD 712 – AD 770
Known as	Poet
Birthplace or main place	Chengdu
Places on the map	Chengdu, Xi'an, Luoyang

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Who ruled these places in his lifetime

Place	At birth (map of AD 700)	At death (map of AD 700)
Chengdu	Tang Empire	same
Xi'an	Tang Empire	same
Luoyang	Tang Empire	same

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Contemporaries

Lived	Person
AD 701 – AD 762	Li Bai	Poet
c. AD 742 – AD 814	Charlemagne	King of the Franks and emperor

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.

Du Fu

Who ruled these places in his lifetime

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Contemporaries