Did Du Fu really say 'I’m so poor I can’t even afford to be sick.'?

Du Fu Quote Source & Citation:

I’m so poor I can’t even afford to be sick.

— Du Fu Medieval · Chinese poet

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"The river is so wide, even the birds can’t cross it."

"The stars lean perilously close to the earth tonight."

"The city has fallen: only the hills and rivers remain. In Spring the streets were green with grass and trees."

"Dew is heavy on the grass below, the spider's web is ready. Heaven's ways include the human: among a thousand sorrows, I stand alone."

"Saddened by the times I weep at the flowers tormented by the partings even the birds startle my heart."

From a letter to a friend, lamenting his poverty.

Date: circa 760

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