Du Fu’s famous sayings include the following:

1. The blue birds in the river are more than white, and the blue flowers in the mountains are about to burn. ——Du Fu's "Two Quatrains"

The green river water makes the feathers of the birds whiter, the mountains are green, and the red wild flowers seem to be burning.

2. When you reach the top of the mountain, you can see all the mountains and small mountains at a glance. ——"Wangyue"

You should climb to the highest peak. If you look around, you will feel that other peaks are so small.

3. The dew is white tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown. ——Du Fu's "Remembering My Brother-in-law on a Moonlit Night"

Tonight has entered the Bailu solar term, and the moon is still the brightest in my hometown.

4. The war rages on for three months, and a letter from home is worth ten thousand gold. ——"Spring Hope"

It is 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.

5. How does the flutter look like a sand gull in the sky and the earth? ——Du Fu's "Walking at Night"

What does it look like to be wandering around? Like a lonely sand gull between heaven and earth.

6. Drinking debt is commonplace, but rare in seventy years of life. ——Du Fu's "Two Poems on Qujiang"

Everyone owes wine debts. It is a common and trivial matter. It is rare in ancient times for people to live to be seventy years old.

7. Good rain knows the season, and spring will happen. ——"Joyful Rain on a Spring Night"

The timely spring rain seems to understand the change of seasons, and it promotes the growth of all things in spring.

8. It is the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and you will meet again when the flowers are falling. ——"The Year of Li Gui in the South of the Yangtze River"

Now is the time when the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, and I meet you again in this late spring season.