诗圣

詩聖
shīshèng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Sage of Poetry, epithet of Du Fu
  2. 2 a supreme poet
杜甫 Dù Fǔ Du Fu · poet, 712–770

Examples

HSK 7-9
Dù Fǔ shì shīshèng, Lǐ Bái shì shīxiān.
Du Fu is the Sage of Poetry and Li Bai the Immortal of Poetry.
HSK 7-9
Dù Fǔ de shī xiěchū le zhànluàn zhōng bǎixìng de kǔnàn, suǒyǐ hòurén zūn tā wéi shīshèng.
Du Fu wrote about the suffering of ordinary people in times of war, so later generations revered him as the Sage of Poetry.

Tips

usage
His poems about the An Lushan rebellion are also called 诗史 "history in verse". The title 诗圣 has now and then been given to other great poets, but on its own it means Du Fu.

Stroke Order

诗 shī
圣 shèng