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Du Mu (杜牧, pinyin: Dů Mů, 803 - 852) was a leading realistic poet during the late Tang dynasty of China. His courtesy name was Muzhi (牧之), and sobriquet Fánchuan (樊川).
He was born in Chang'an (present-day Xi'an).
He is often mentioned with another famous poet Li Shangyin as the "Little Li-Du" (小李杜), in contrast to the "Great Li-Du": Li Bai and Du Fu.
Du Mu was skilled in poetry and poetic prose and ancient Chinese prose.
