great poet; poet-sage
Honorific title for a poet of supreme mastery, often likened to a sage. Used especially for classical Chinese poets like Du Fu, and occasionally for Japanese masters.
Du Fu is revered as the Poet-Sage of China.
He has such talent that he is called a modern-day great poet.
From 詩 (poetry) + 聖 (sage, saint). The term is modeled after Chinese literary criticism, where certain poets are canonized as sages of the art.