He wrote nearly ten thousand poems in his life, including many poems about cats. He used salt as a "dowry" to marry kittens many times. Lu Youjia has two famous domestic cats, and the poet named them Xueer and Pink Nose according to their appearance. In his later years, Lu You was dismissed from office and became a yeoman, sometimes good and sometimes bad. It doesn't matter if he suffers, but he doesn't want the slave to suffer with him, and even wrote a poem to apologize to the cat.
Lu You, a patriotic poet in the Song Dynasty, recorded the story that Cai Jing's pet cat was lost and a large number of soldiers were used to find it in Notes of Old Xuegong, which shocked people in troubled times. Lu You loves cats very much, has raised many cats, and has written many poems about cats.
The main influence of Lu You on modern literature;
1. The development of poetic art: Lu You is one of the famous poets in the history of ancient literature in China. His poetry works take nature, love and philosophy of life as themes, which have strong personality and emotional expression and have a wide influence on later poetry creation. His poetic style is fresh and natural, graceful and subtle, and he is known as one of the "two outstanding figures in the southern Tang Dynasty", which has had an important influence on the literature in the late Northern Song Dynasty and the literature in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
2. Innovation of prose creation: Lu You is not only an excellent poet, but also an outstanding essayist. His prose works mainly appear in the form of argumentative essays, travel notes and letters, involving politics, history, philosophy and other fields, showing profound ideological and unique literary style. His works created a new pattern of China's prose, which had a far-reaching influence on later prose creation.
3. Contribution of literary theory: Lu You is a thoughtful writer. In his works, he put forward many theories and methods about literary creation. He believes that literary works should be authentic, infectious, and pay attention to expressing personality and emotion; He also advocated that literary works should have a sense of social responsibility and historical mission, and should pay attention to social reality and people's lives. These theoretical viewpoints have had an important influence on later literary theories and criticisms.
4. Inheritance and innovation of culture: Lu You not only inherited the essence of traditional culture, but also carried out innovation and development in his literary creation. He has a unique style and expression in poetry, and also absorbs the essence of foreign culture, such as Tang poetry and Song poetry, Japanese haiku and so on. His works combine elements of tradition and modernity, East and West, and have made important contributions to the inheritance and development of China culture.