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陆游Lu You

Southern Song｜1125–1210｜also Lu Yu, Fangweng

Life

Lu You is the most prolific poet in Chinese history, with nearly ten thousand poems. Throughout his life he urged the Southern Song to recover the north from the Jurchen Jin; patriotism and rural life are his two great themes.

Poems on this site

• To My Son示儿｜seven-character quatrain
• Visiting a Village West of the Mountains游山西村｜seven-character regulated verse
• Plum Blossom Quatrain梅花绝句｜seven-character quatrain
• Spring Rain Clearing in Lin'an临安春雨初霁｜seven-character regulated verse
• Reading on a Winter Night冬夜读书示子聿｜seven-character quatrain