The paper is consisted of three sections. In the first section, I would like to prove that Du Fu was not well-recognized during Tian Bao and Da Li periods until Zhen Yuan and Yuan He periods in Tang dynasty. In the beginning of Yuan He period, Li Bo and Du Fu were equally famous and the expression of ”Li and Du” seemd had been a consensus among poets of that time. In the second and three sections, I would like to analyze the main reason why the Yuan He poets including Han Yu, Meng Hao-Ran, Yuan Zhen and Bai Ju-Yi regarded Du Fu rather than poets of Six dynasties as their paradigm is based on the aesthetic difference between Du Fu and the poets of Six dynasties. Therefore, we can say that Yuan He poets played the role as predecessors during the transition from Du Fu to poets in Song dynasty.