First, Lu You's life
Lu You was the most outstanding poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. His life experience can be roughly divided into three stages:
The first stage (1125-1170) is a period of learning poetry, being frustrated in the imperial examination and returning home for the first time. Good patriotism education in the family; The tragedy of marriage with Tang Wan; The reason why the second interview fell through.
The second stage (1170-1189) is the period when Shuzhong joined the army, traveled eastward and was dismissed. Military camp life in Nanzheng front; Poetry and wine life of Fan Chengda shogunate.
The third stage (1190-1210) is the period of retiring to Yin Shan, and has been living at home except for one trip to North Korea to preside over the revision of history.
Second, Lu You's creative path
Lu You's poetic creation path is closely related to his life experience, which can also be divided into three periods:
/kloc-before 0/year old. 45. The creation of this period was greatly influenced by Jiangxi Poetry School. Once upon a time, Lv Benzhong's patriotism and poetic skills taught him a lot. The patriotic tone of his poems has been initially laid, but his vision is not broad enough. At the same time, he emphasized formal skills and took "algae painting" as his work, which has not yet formed his own creative personality.
2. The middle period from forty-six to sixty-five years old is the key period for Lu's poetry creation to mature, and it is also the most brilliant period for his creation. The fiery frontline life has opened up a new world for the poet's patriotic poetry creation. Frequent migration broadened his horizons and mind, and his poetic style gradually crossed the barriers of Jiangxi poetry school, forming a broad and vigorous dominant style, which is the essential change of Lu You's creation.
3. From the age of 66 to his death, the content and style of Lu's poems have changed. Natural scenery, rural scenery and rural life have become the themes of the poem, and the style tends to be leisurely, natural and simple, but the patriotic enthusiasm of the poet has never diminished, and to a certain extent, it still maintains the dominant style in the middle period. In the past 20 years, the poet has written more than 7,000 poems, which is another bumper period for his creation.
Third, Lu You's other literary creations.
1. Lu You is a versatile writer. He is not only a great patriotic poet, but also has great achievements in ci and prose. He was an outstanding patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, and he was also called "New Land" with Xin Qiji. His words are quite extensive in content and varied in style. "Jia Xuan (Xin Qiji) can't pass his passionate and generous words;" Elegant and exquisite, including Chen Jianzhai (Chen) and Zhu Xizhen (Zhu Dunru); Those beautiful and dense want to be above Yan Shuyuan (Yan) and He Zhu (He Zhu). "According to the ideological content and artistic style of Liu Kezhuang's Houcun Poetry, its ci can be roughly divided into three aspects: the first aspect is impassioned, gloomy and sad patriotic ci, which is also the most prominent style in Lu Ci. This kind of words mainly express the author's ambition to serve the country and unpaid ambition, and express Lu You's strong patriotic thought. The representative works include "Complaint" (when Wanli was looking for a seal, the second aspect was a leisurely and leisurely poem, which was broad-minded, indifferent and elegant, mostly written in his later years, reflecting the recluse mentality of the poet after retiring, but also containing strong dissatisfaction with the reality and the author's loyalty and integrity, and the representative works included the chanting words of "Bu Operator" (beside the broken bridge outside the post); The third aspect is graceful, lingering and persistent love words, which show the noble character of the poet. The masterpiece is Chai Feng (red crisp hand). There is a Song Weng Ci handed down from generation to generation (called Weinan Ci).
2. Lu You's essayists, Fa Hanyu and Ceng Gong, were praised by their predecessors as "Southern Song Masters". Their prose has a wide range of contents and different styles, which can be roughly divided into four categories: the first category is historical prose, and the representative work is mainly the Book of Southern Tang Dynasty. Although this book is a historical work, the author's efforts to save the country and safeguard national orthodoxy are still permeated with patriotic feelings. The second kind is note prose, the representative work is Notes of Old Xuegong, which is a collection of anecdotes, current affairs comments and character comments. It is modest and prudent, insightful, free and flexible in form, concise and concise, and has high academic value, historical value and literary value. The third category is travel prose, the representative work of which is Entering Shu, which vividly describes the magnificent mountains and rivers, places of interest, customs and customs on his way to Shu. It is a well-known masterpiece with elegant style and free brushwork. The fourth category is biographical prose, with representative works such as Biography of Yao and Epitaph of Zeng. These works are good at choosing the most typical words and deeds to embellish the spirit of the characters, with prominent points, vivid deeds, elegant and refined language and quite touching people's hearts. The Selected Works of Weinan has been handed down from generation to generation.