It is well known that Lu You loves cats. There are many descriptions of cats in his poems. For example, the poem "Give a Cat" says: "Salt wraps slaves, and you often watch plays." This poem is about Lu You giving a salted cat as a gift to others, and often watching cat performances. Another example is the poem "The Storm on November 4th": "The firewood in the stream is soft and warm, and it does not go out with the slaves." This poem describes Lu You and his family's cat sitting around the fire on a stormy night, enjoying warmth and peace.
In addition to writing poems praising cats, Lu You also loves cats very much. It is said that he personally made cat food for cats and specially built a heating device to let cats rest comfortably in cold winter. I have to say that Lu You is really a qualified cat shovel officer.
Lu You's Literary Achievements
Lu You played a very important role in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, although the situation was critical, the morale was still high and the poetic style was quite exciting. With the formation of the partial security situation in the Southern Song Dynasty, the literati gradually became negative, and the poetic style also declined. The theme tendency and petty spirit of moon-chanting poems are increasingly obvious.
Lu You was deeply saddened by this. He held high the flags of Qu, Jia, Li, Du and others in Europe, the Soviet Union, Huang, (,) and other places. ) Struggled with the previous generation of poets, and together with Huang Zhong, he revived his own poetic style and held high the patriotic theme, which had a positive impact on poetry in the late Southern Song Dynasty. Dai Fugu and Liu Kezhuang of Jianghu Poetry School both studied under Lu You. By the end of the Song Dynasty, Lu You's patriotic spirit was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Lu You.