Who Was Alive

Were Li Bai and Du Fu alive at the same time?

Yes. Li Bai and Du Fu were alive at the same time for 49 or 50 years, from AD 712 to AD 762.

Li Bai was 10 or 11 when Du Fu was born.

Du Fu was 49 or 50 when Li Bai died, aged 61.

Li Bai

Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty

Born 19 May AD 701 · died 30 November AD 762, aged 61

Du Fu

Tang dynasty Chinese poet

Born AD 712 · died AD 770, aged 57 or 58

  1. Abū Ḥanīfa
  2. Li Bai
  3. Du Fu
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  5. Charlemagne
  6. Abu Nuwas
  7. Harun al-Rashid
Li Bai and Du Fu in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.