The Three Hundred Tang Poems lists 'The Gold-Threaded Robe' under Du Qiuniang's name.
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At fifteen she became the concubine of the regional governor 李锜. After his failed revolt in 807 she was taken into the palace and won the favor of 唐宪宗. 杜牧 later met her, old and poor, and wrote the long 《杜秋娘诗》 about her life.
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The poem's real author is unknown: she is named as its poet because she sang it. Its best-known line is 花开堪折直须折 'when the flower can be plucked, pluck it'.
