Category: Humanities >> Chinese Literature
Analysis:
Lu You 1125-1210, named Wuguan, nicknamed Fangweng, Shanyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) )people. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, he was granted a Jinshi background.
He devoted his life to restoring the Central Plains and was an outstanding patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. He wrote more than 10,000 poems in his life. At the age of forty-six, he entered Shu and served as general magistrate of Kuizhou (now Fengjie, Sichuan). Later, he served as an aide to the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and went as far as the front line of Nanzheng (now Shaanxi). His poetic style changed from this. He especially cherished his ten years of life in Shuzhong. The collection of poems is therefore titled "Jiannan Collection" in commemoration.
Jiannan: south of Jianmen Pass, ancient Shu land