In the sixteenth year of Xichun (1 189), Lu You was attacked by the peace faction and was impeached and dismissed from office. He lives in seclusion and is poor. Fortunately, there are books to comfort him. Lu You has numerous books, but it also attracts mice to patronize. The mouse bit the book at sixes and sevens, and Lu You, who loves books, was heartbroken. In order to solve the rodent problem, he opened up the road of shoveling excrement in Lu Fangweng.
Lu You has many literary talents, especially his achievements in poetry. He claimed to have written more than 9,300 poems in 60 years, which can be roughly divided into three periods: before he entered Shu at the age of 46, he tended to be in the form of words; The period from entering Shu to retiring at the age of 64 is the maturity of his poetry creation, and it is also a period of great changes in his poetry style, from focusing on "algae painting" in his early years to pursuing bold style.
Lu You's Literary Achievements
In Lu You's life, besides poetry, calligraphy is his ideal sustenance and eternal pursuit. Judging from his poems, calligraphy handwriting and inscriptions, Lu You is good at calligraphy, especially cursive script.
Lu You's orthographic calligraphy, based on Jin and Tang calligraphy, is profound, vigorous and full of charm, with obvious Yan Zhenqing regular script style; His running script and cursive script adopted Zhang Xu and Yang Ningshi, and were influenced by Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and others. They pursue the harmony of personality and spirit, and pay attention to the change and rhythm of contrast.
Lu You's calligraphy is simple and elegant, and he is good at cursive brushwork. He is elegant and upright, and his brushwork is vigorous and unrestrained in his later years. Zhu called it "exquisite writing and profound meaning"
His "Self-Written Poems" still retains the brushwork style and habit of studying Yan Zhenqing and Su Shi's calligraphy in his early years, but it obviously combines the advantages of Yang Ningshi's running script and Zhang Xu's cursive script. No matter how to use a pen, knot words and white cloth, they are all integrated with his poems. Cheng Yi's inscription in Ming Dynasty is "Beautiful Poems and Clear Words", which is a rare masterpiece of calligraphy.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lu You