1. The ideological content of Lu You’s poems
1. The most valuable and influential part of Lu You’s poems is the patriotic poems. His patriotic poems are broad in content, profound in thought, and sincere in emotion. They express the author's patriotic spirit in a multi-level, multi-angle, in-depth and comprehensive way, and sing the strongest voice of the times. Specifically, the author mainly expresses his patriotic theme from the following aspects:
(1) Enthusiastically eulogizes the Northern Expedition and calls for resistance to gold and national salvation. He not only used realistic writing methods to express this ideal, but also often used the form of dream poems to express his good wishes for the reunification of the motherland. Representative works include "Wind and Rain on November 4th", "At midnight on May 11th...", etc. These poems not only express the author's firm belief in restoring the Central Plains and his ambition to wash away the national humiliation, but also express the author's sweeping victory over the country. The heroic spirit of the enemy and the sacrificial spirit of sacrificing his life for the country.
(2) Criticize the Southern Song Dynasty court for its compromising and peaceful military policy, and expose the criminal behavior of the traitors in the court who surrendered and betrayed the country. Representative works include "Guan Shan Yue", "Night Reading Fan Zhineng's "Bringing the Bridle Record"...", "Chasing the Past", etc. These poems are sharply critical and highly combative, and even point the criticism directly at The supreme ruler was extremely rare in the patriotic poetry of the time.
(3) It is full of sorrow and indignation of unrealized aspirations and lamentation of the hero’s twilight years. The author wanted to serve the country but had no way to join the army. The profound contradiction between ideal and reality added a note of pathos to Lu Shi's passionate tone. "Book of Anger" and "Night in the Water Village" are representative works in this regard, which are sad and depressing. The generous style reflects the poet's complex psychology in facing reality, which is also the unique personality of Lu You's patriotic poetry.
(4) It describes the suffering life of the people in the occupied areas, expresses their deep feelings and deep hopes for the motherland, and praises the pure patriotism of the broad masses of the people. His representative works include "The feeling of the dawn coming out of the fence gate to welcome the coolness on an autumn night" and "The feeling of remembering the curtain".
2. Leisure poems that sing about daily life scenes and pastoral poems that express seclusion are another important content of Lu You's poetry. The author is good at exploring the poetry of life in real situations, chewing out the meaningful flavor, and pasting the twists and turns of the current scene. His writing style is light and unique, showing his pursuit and yearning for beautiful things. Representative works include "Light Rain on the Jianmen Road" and "The First Spring Rain in Lin'an".
3. Depicting rural life scenes and reflecting the sufferings of working people are also quite prominent in Lu You's poetry creation. Representative works include "Visiting Shanxi Village", "Farmer's Sigh", etc. Some of these poems expose the brutal exploitation of farmers by the feudal ruling class, some describe the hardworking and arduous working life of farmers, and some praise the simple qualities of farmers. and the honest customs of the countryside, showing the poet's sympathy and concern for the people.
4. In addition, there are a few love poems, which mainly express his unwavering feelings for his ex-wife Tang Wan. They are deep and sad. His representative works are the two poems "Shen Yuan", which were the most outstanding poems in the poetry world of the Song Dynasty when love poems were almost deserted. Extremely precious.
2. The artistic characteristics of Lu You's poetry:
1. Lu You's poetry has both the spirit of realism and the tone of romanticism, which is a perfect combination of the two. His poems comprehensively and profoundly reflected the social life of the Southern Song Dynasty. They were a mirror of the times and were called the "history of poetry" of the generation. In this respect, he mainly inherited the realistic spirit of Du Shi's poems, but in the way of reflecting reality, he It has also formed its own characteristics: it does not focus on plots and pictures, but compresses facts into extremely concise verses, focusing on expressing one's own subjective feelings, with a high degree of generality and strong lyricism. At the same time, he often expresses his patriotic feelings through wonderful dreams and fantasies, trying his best to highlight the poet's self-image. He is emotionally passionate and energetic. He is called "Little Taibai", which is quite close to Li Bai's romantic atmosphere, but Lu Shi's imagination The content in the poems and dreams are all related to the ideal of resisting the Jin Dynasty and restoring the country. They have a tragic and sublime beauty. They have a more solid realistic foundation, more substantial social connotation, and a stronger fighting spirit than Li Bai's poems.
2. Lu You learned extensively from his predecessors and was compatible with various styles. Du Fu's melancholy and Li Bai's elegance and unrestrained influence were particularly influential on him. He was good at organically blending these two different artistic styles into one. furnace, and created its own unique poetic style: both melancholy and tragic, yet magnificent and majestic.
3. Lu You's poems have no body or style, and all styles are well-crafted. He is especially good at the creation of seven-character poems. His achievements in Qigu, Qilu and Qijue are all very high.
His seven ancient poems are rich in connotation and magnificent. They "look like blooming flowers, but are actually elegant and clean; they look unrestrained, but are actually cautious." They best represent the characteristics of Lu Shi. His seven-rhythm poems have neat counterpoints, smooth things, high spirit, and alert artistic conception. He was ranked first in the Southern Song Dynasty. His seven unique poems are flowing, full of charm, and quite Tang Dynasty style.
4. The language of Lu You's poems is eclectic. The patriotic poems are mostly majestic and bold, the rural poems are mostly plain and simple, and the leisure and pastoral poems are mostly fresh and refined. However, the language of these poems has the same characteristics, that is, it is clear, clear, refined and natural. .