"Inside the red gates the wine and meat go to waste; on the roadside lie the bones of men who died from cold...." is an excerpt from a poem that reflects the growing gulf between the upper and lower classes in China. Who wrote this?

A) Wu Ti
B) Du Fu
C) Li Bo
D) Mao Zedong


Answer: B

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