Lu You (1125-1210), known as Wu Guan and known as Fang Weng, was an outstanding patriotic poet in my country. Throughout his life and his more than 9,000 poems, a strong spirit of patriotism was always permeated and permeated, thus forming the most significant feature of his poetry creation and establishing his lofty status in the poetry circle of his motherland. The poem "Shi'er" he wrote before his death is a deeply touching masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages:
When you die, you know that everything is in vain, but the sadness is not the same as in all nine states. Wang Shibei set the Central Plains Day, and he never forgot to tell Nai Weng about family sacrifices!
Translated into modern Chinese:
I originally knew that when I die, everything in this world will have nothing to do with me; but the only thing that makes me sad is that I can’t See with your own eyes the reunification of the motherland.
Therefore, when the day comes when the Song army regains the lost land in the Central Plains, and you hold family sacrifices, don’t forget to tell your father the good news!
This poem is Lu You's last work. When he was dying, he still could not forget the territory and people of the Central Plains occupied by the Jurchen nobles, and eagerly looked forward to the reunification of the motherland. Therefore, he specially wrote this poem as a will to earnestly warn his son. From here we can understand how persistent, deep, warm and sincere the poet's patriotic passion is! No wonder that since the Southern Song Dynasty, everyone who has read this poem has been moved by it. Especially when foreign enemies invaded or the motherland was divided, it aroused countless people's screams.