Lu You (1125-1210), Ziwuguan, nicknamed Fangweng, Han nationality, was born in Shanyin, Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), grandson of Shangshu Youcheng Lu Dian, a writer and historian in the Southern Song Dynasty. Patriotic poet.
Lu You has been writing non-stop throughout his life and has made great achievements in poetry and literature. The language of his poems is easy to understand and the composition is rigorous. It combines Li Bai's majesty and unrestrainedness with Du Fu's melancholy and desolation. It is especially full of patriotic enthusiasm and has a profound influence on later generations.
You have compiled 85 volumes of "Jiannan Poetry Manuscript", containing more than 9,000 poems. There are also 50 volumes of "Collected Works of Weinan" (including 6 volumes of "Records of Entering Shu" and 2 volumes of Ci), 10 volumes of "Notes of Laoxue'an" and "Book of the Southern Tang Dynasty". His calligraphy is vigorous and unrestrained, and some of his extant ink writings include "Bitter Cold Tie" and so on.