Li Yu (August, 93715-August, 978 13), the sixth son of Li Jing, was born in Jinling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) and his ancestral home was Pengcheng (now tongshan district, Xuzhou, Jiangsu).
In the second year of Jianlong in the Northern Song Dynasty (96 1), Li Yu succeeded to the throne, respected the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty, and paid tribute at the age of 20 to protect peace. In October of the fourth year of Kaibao (97 1), Song Taizu destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, and Li Yu was renamed as "Jiangnan Master" except surnamed tang.
The following year, the ritual system was derogatory, and the kiss in the Imperial Palace in Jinling was cancelled to show respect for Song Ting. In the eighth year of Kaibao (975), Li Yubing was defeated by the Song Dynasty, captured to Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan Province), made a general, and ordered him to disobey orders.
On July 7th, the third year of Taiping and Xingguo (978), Li Yu died in Bianjing, and was posthumously awarded a surname and a prince of Wu. The world called it Li Houzhu, Queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
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Li Yu is good at calligraphy, painting, melody and prose, especially at ci. The content can be mainly divided into two categories: the first category was written before the Song Dynasty, which mainly reflected the court life and the love between men and women, and the subject matter was narrow.
The second category is that after the Song Dynasty, Li Yu wrote with the grief of national subjugation and his own feelings. The achievements of his works in this period far exceeded those in the previous period, which can be described as "masterpieces".
Famous works such as Young Beauty, Langtaosha and Huihuan were all made at this time. Most of the ci works in this period are based on sadness, mainly describing the scene of dreaming back through the barrier and expressing infinite nostalgia for the past.
So some people say: Li Yu is not a good emperor, but a good poet. Li Yu occupies an important position in the history of China's Ci, and is known as the "Emperor of Ci", which has a great influence on later generations.
He inherited the tradition of Huajian poets since the late Tang Dynasty, but through the concrete and sensible personality image, he reflected some universal artistic conception in real life, promoted the creation of Ci, and expanded the field of expression of Ci. Li Yuwen is rich in writing, poetry, books and painting. His ci poems are mainly included in two major ci poems in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
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