杜牧(公元803-853年)字牧之,唐京兆万年(今陕西西安)人.他的祖父是《通典》的作者杜佑,曾做过唐德宗、顺宗、宪宗三朝宰相.父亲杜从郁是杜佑第三子,由于早死,没有留下多少遗产,所以到杜牧时,已经变做“孤贫”之家了.直到他二十六岁举进士后,他的生活也并不宽裕.由于家庭负担较重,他一直争取在地方官员中作幕府,以及作州刺史的官,政治上不是很得意的. Du Mu (AD 803-853) the word of the animal husbandry, Tang Jingzhao years (now Shaanxi Xi’an) people .His grandfather is “Tongdian” author Du You, had done Tang Dezong, Shunzong, Is the third son of Du Yu, and because of his premature death, did not leave much legacy, so when Du Mu was already turned into a “poor” home, he was not well-to-do after he took the Imperial Examination at the age of 26 Due to the heavy family burden, he has always sought to make the shogunate among local officials and the official who made the state governor a politically not very proud.