Picture of Li Yu Li Yu, one of the four banners of the Wanyue Sect, the middle name of the four banners is "Chou Sect". He is proficient in calligraphy, good at painting, proficient in music and rhythm, and has certain attainments in poetry and prose, especially his greatest achievements in poetry. The content can be mainly divided into two categories: the first category is written before the Song Dynasty, which mainly reflects the palace life and the love between men and women, with a narrow theme; the second category is after the Song Dynasty, when Li Yu was deeply hurt by the subjugation of the country, he had a deep understanding of the past. Reminiscing and writing based on his own emotions, the achievements of the works of this period far exceed those of the previous period and can be described as "superior". The masterpieces of the ages include "Poppy Beauty" (for which she has the most fatal words), "Langtaosha", "Crying in the Night", "Meeting Happily" and other words. It all happened at this time. Most of the poems written during this period were sad and desolate. They mainly described the scene of leaning on the railing and looking into the distance and returning in dreams, expressing the infinite nostalgia for the "homeland" and the "past things". Li Yu occupies an important position in the history of Chinese Ci and is known as the "Eternal Ci Emperor". It also had a great influence on future generations. He inherited the tradition of the Huajian School poets since the late Tang Dynasty, but through concrete and perceptible personal images, he reflected a certain artistic conception of general significance in real life, pushing the creation of Ci a big step forward and expanding the scope of poetry creation. The field of expression of words. Li Yu's writing, poetry, calligraphy and painting creations are all abundant. His poems are mainly collected in "Two Main Ci Poems of the Southern Tang Dynasty" (including the works of his father Li Jing). Li Yu, whose original name was Li Congjia, also had the courtesy name Chongguang. Later, he changed his name to Li Yu with the meaning of "the sun makes Yu's day, and the moon makes Yu's night". According to historical records, he was "a man of benevolence and filial piety, good at writing, good at calligraphy and painting, and had a large forehead, long teeth, and an eye full of pupils." He was the sixth son of Li Jing, Yuanzong of the Southern Tang Dynasty (the central leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty). Since Li Jing's second to fifth sons all died early, when Li Yu's eldest brother Li Hongji became the crown prince, he was the de facto second son. Li Hongji was "very jealous". Li Yu, who was the Duke of An Ding at the time, was afraid that Li Hongji would be suspicious of him and did not dare to participate in political affairs. He just read for fun every day. In 959, Li Hongji died shortly after his attempt to poison Li Jing. Li Jing planned to make Li Yu the crown prince, but Zhong Mo said: "From Jiade, I underestimate the ambition, and I have too much faith in the Shi family. I am not a master of talent. I am good, courageous and dignified, so it is appropriate for me to be his heir." Li Jing was angry and found an excuse to kill Zhong. Mo was demoted to the position of Siye, the son of the state, and was exiled to Raozhou. Li Yu was granted the title of King of Wu, Shangshu Ling, and knows political affairs, and ordered him to live in the East Palace. In 961, the second year of Jianlong's reign in the Song Dynasty, Li Jing moved the capital to Nanchang and appointed Li Yu as the prince to supervise the country, ordering him to stay in Jinling. After Li Jing died in June, Li Yu ascended the throne in Jinling. Li Yu was "arrogant and extravagant by nature, voluptuous, and fond of ostentation. He was interested in high-minded talks and had no regard for political affairs." In 973 of Li Yu's calligraphy, when Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty ordered Li Yu to go to Kaifeng, he excused himself from going because of illness. Song Taizu sent Cao Bin to lead the army to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. In December 974, Cao Bin captured Jinling. After reigning for fifteen years, he was known as the Empress Li and the Empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty. In 975, the city was broken, and the emperor Rouqi surrendered. He was captured and taken to Bianjing, where he was granted the title of Marquis of Disobedience. Taizong ascended the throne and was granted the title of Duke of Longxi County. In 978 (the third year of the Taiping and Xingguo reign), Xu Xuan visited Li Yu on the order of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. Li Yu sighed to Xu Xuan: "I killed Pan You and Li Ping by mistake, and I regret it endlessly!". Xu Xuan retreated and informed him. Song Taizong was furious when he heard this. According to the "Mo Ji" written by Wang Zhi of the Song Dynasty, Li Yu was finally poisoned by Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty for writing the words "The motherland cannot bear to look back" and "A river of spring water flows eastward". Some people say that the triggering medicine is the traditional Chinese medicine Nux Vomica. After taking it, it damages the central nervous system, causes convulsions all over the body, and the head and feet shrink together, which is extremely painful. After Li Yu's death, he was buried in Beimang Mountain, Luoyang. Xiao Zhouhou was distraught and died soon after. Li Yu was "born in a deep palace and grew up in the hands of women", "sexually tolerant, and never obeyed orders". He liked to abstain from killing. After his death, when people in the south of the Yangtze River heard about it, they "wept in the alleys and prayed for food." Li Yu was talented, good at calligraphy and painting, good at poetry and verse, and he was a poet who was passed down through the ages by future generations. It was a complete accident that Li Yu, who had no intention of fighting for power and only wanted to live in seclusion, ascended to the throne. Unfortunately, fate played a trick on him. , is also the king of subjugation engraved in the historical records. He hates that he was born in an emperor's family. Success and demerit have become the trajectory of history. When he succeeded to the throne, the Southern Tang Dynasty had already worshiped Zhengshuo of the Song Dynasty. He went to the Song Dynasty many times to pay tribute, and he lived in peace in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. In the seventh year of Kaibao's reign in the Song Dynasty (974), Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty repeatedly sent people to tell him to go north, but he refused to leave. In October of the same year, Song soldiers went south to attack Jinling. In November next year, the city was broken, and the queen's master Rouqi surrendered. He was captured and taken to Bianjing, where he was granted the title of Marquis of Disobedience. Taizong ascended the throne and was granted the title of Duke of Longxi County. In the third year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign (978), Qixi Festival was his 42nd birthday. According to "Mo Ji" written by Wang Zhi of the Song Dynasty, he was poisoned by the medicine given by Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. He was posthumously granted the title of King of Wu and buried in Mangshan, Luoyang. He was proficient in calligraphy and painting, versed in music and rhythm, and skilled in poetry, especially among the best in the Five Dynasties.
In the early stage, his poems mostly wrote about the pleasure and waste life of the palace, with a soft style, but this was not the life he longed for, and most of his poems were about emptiness and helplessness; later poems reflected the pain of country subjugation, with expanded themes, profound artistic conception, sincere feelings, fresh language, and extremely artistic Contagious. Later generations compiled his and Li Jing's works into "Two Main Poems of the Southern Tang Dynasty". The style of Hou Zhu's early lyrics is gorgeous and soft, yet still retains the "flower room" style. After the fall of the country, during his life of house arrest where he "washed his face with tears day and night", he wept his blood with one swan song after another, making the king of the country the "King of the South" in the world of poetry through the ages (Qing Shenxiong's "Ancient and Modern Ci"). It is precisely "the country is unlucky and the poet is lucky, and his words begin to work after the vicissitudes of life." These later poems, with their desolate and solemn artistic conception and profound artistic conception, have laid the foundation for Su Xin’s so-called "bold and unconstrained" school, and they have become the great masters in the history of CI. The horizons are widened and the emotions are deep." As for the clarity of his sentences and the harmony of his phonology, it is unprecedented. The original collection by the later master has been lost. There are forty-six existing poems, among which several early works may have been composed by others, but only thirty-eight poems can be confirmed. After being captured, he was granted the title of Disobedient Marquis in Kaifeng and worshiped General Zuo Qianniuwei. History books say that Zhao Kuangyi forcibly kept Xiao Zhouhou in the palace many times. Every time he went back after Xiao Zhou, he cried and cursed. In pain and depression, Li Yu wrote famous songs such as "Looking to the South of the Yangtze River", "Midnight Song", and "Poppy Beauty". Ancient painters also painted "The Picture of Xiling Blessing the Empress Xiao Zhou". In the "Ye Huo Bian" written by Shen Defu of the Ming Dynasty: "The Song Dynasty people painted "The Picture Xiling Blessing the Empress Xiao Zhou". Taizong wore a futou and had a Guizhou-colored face. If the body is fat, the limbs after Zhou Dynasty will be slender, and if several people in the palace hold it, it will make the forehead look like a frown." Feng Haisu, a native of the Yuan Dynasty, wrote a poem on the picture: "The remaining plum flowers blooming in the south of the Yangtze River were also taken away by the king; the golden wind blew up from the strange bottom, and the imperial garden was filled with red and purple dragons." (Xiaozhou Empress is the sister of Emperor E, Later, she was named Mrs. Zheng and was required to visit the palace regularly. However, Xiao Zhou was a stunning beauty, and Zhao Guangyi, the Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, coveted her beauty.