Du Fu’s famous sayings are as follows:
1. The blue birds in the river are more than white, and the blue flowers in the mountains are about to burn. Translation: The green river water makes the feathers of the birds whiter, the mountains are green, and the red wild flowers seem to be about to burst into flames. ——Du Fu's "Two Quatrains"
2. When you are at the top of the mountain, you can see all the mountains and small mountains at a glance. Translation: You should climb to the highest peak. If you look around, you will feel that other peaks are so small. ——"Wang Yue"
3. The dew is white tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown. Translation: Tonight has entered the Bailu solar term, and the moon is still the brightest in my hometown. ——Du Fu's "Remembering My Brother-in-law on a Moonlit Night"
4. The war continues for three months, and a letter from home is worth ten thousand gold. Translation: It is already late spring in March, and the war is still going on. A letter from home at this time is worth tens of thousands of taels of gold. ——"Spring Hope"
5. How does the flutter look like a sand gull in the sky and the earth? Translation: What does it look like to be wandering around by yourself? Like a lonely sand gull between heaven and earth. ——Du Fu's "Walking at Night"
6. Drinking debts are commonplace, but rare in seventy years of life. Translation: There are wine debts everywhere. It is a common and trivial matter. It is rare in ancient times for people to live to be seventy years old. ——Du Fu's "Two Poems on Qujiang"
7. Good rain knows the season, and spring will happen. Translation: The timely spring rain seems to understand the change of seasons, and it prompts the growth of all things in spring. ——"Joyful Rain on a Spring Night"