Lu You's poems are diverse in style, absorbing the advantages of predecessors' creation and forming his unique artistic style. Lu You absorbed the elegant features of The Book of Songs, Qu Yuan's romantic style, Tao Yuanming's simple nature, Du Fu's depression and so on.
Therefore, different people will come to different conclusions when evaluating Lu You's works. For example, Zhu summarized Lu You's poems as "wind-induced", Luo Dajing thought it was "profound" and Fang Hui summarized it as "tragic". Lu You is good at integrating and absorbing the styles of predecessors, and finally formed his own unique style. And in different creative periods, his works also show different characteristics.
Lu You's poems, like Li Bai's, are full of rich imagination, and they all express their feelings with the help of dreams. Expressing his feelings with the help of dreams makes his poems no longer seem too depressing and heavy, but more impassioned and romantic.
Artistic features of Lu You's ci;
Lu You's ci has also made great achievements, but his ci is only 140. Lu You's understanding of Ci also has stages.
In the early stage, he held a completely negative attitude towards Huajian Ji, thinking that Huajian Ci School was too gorgeous. But later, he changed his attitude towards words. Later, he realized that he should not deny the form of literary genre, but should pay attention to how to write successful literary works of different genres.
Lu You further expanded the content of Ci, enabling Ci to express rich social content and further enhancing the lyricism of Ci. Among them, the highest achievements are those works that recall military life and express the ideal of making contributions.
His ci also made a useful exploration in artistic style, just as diverse as his poems. His ci can be summarized into three styles: graceful and restrained, beautiful and broad-minded, bold and unconstrained. Although the number is small, later generations often compare him with Su Shi, Xin Qiji and others.