Reflections on "Three Lus" and "Two Lefties"

Western Jin writers. The words are too strong. Linzi (now Zibo) was born. The year of birth and death is unknown. His family background is Confucianism. I studied calligraphy and drum set when I was young, but I failed. Later, with my father's encouragement, I became angry and diligent. Zuo Si is ugly and awkward, and it is difficult to make friends, but his writing is magnificent. He once wrote Du Fu in one year (the full text has been lost, and several lost articles are found in Zhu and Taiping Yulan). In the eighth year of Taishi (272), because his sister was elected to the palace, his family moved to Luoyang and served as a doctor. During the Yuan Kang period, Zuo Si took part in the "Twenty-four Friends" tour of the literati group at that time and gave a lecture on Hanshu for Krabi. In the last years of Yuankang, Krabi was punished, so he retired from Yichun and concentrated on his studies. Later, the King of Qi called him the chief of the archives, but he refused to give up his illness. In the second year of Taian (303), Zuo Si moved to Jizhou and died several years later. The Old Biography of Zuo Si's Works consists of five volumes, but the survivors have only given two of them, with 14 poems. Sandu Fu and Ode to History are his representative works. Zuo Si's works are included in Complete Poems of Ancient Three Generations, Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties and Poems of Pre-Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties by Kai.