Lu Guimeng

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1. 900 右補闕 光化

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• 天隨子 未詳
• 江湖散人 未詳
• 甫里先生 未詳
• 魯望 字

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• 詩人
• 文人
• [隱士]

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1. [1] Life dates and identity Lu Guimeng's birth year is unknown; his death is dated to 881 or approximately 881, and he is identified as a late-Tang literary figure and poet.
   • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biographical entries identify Lu Guimeng, give no birth year, and date his death to 881 or approximately 881 while describing his literary activity.
   • CBDBLu Guimeng (33753)The person record gives the English name, death year 881, Tang affiliation, and the statuses of poet and writer.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸龜蒙 (A017619)The authority entry names Lu Guimeng, places him in the Tang, dates his death within 881, and calls him a late-Tang literary figure.
   • WikidataLu Guimeng (Q855663)The item supplies the English name and description and gives a death date in 881.
2. [2] Courtesy name, sobriquets, and birthplace His courtesy name was Luwang; his sobriquets include Tiansuizi, Jianghus anren, and Fuli xiansheng, and his native place is given as Wu in Suzhou, now Wuxian in Jiangsu.
   • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biographical entries give the courtesy name Luwang, the three sobriquets, and Wu in Suzhou as his native place.
   • CBDBLu Guimeng (33753)The person record marks Luwang as his courtesy name and lists the three sobriquets and Wuxian.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸龜蒙 (A017619)The authority entry records the Chinese forms of Luwang and the three sobriquets and identifies Wuxian as his birthplace.
   • WikidataLu Guimeng (Q855663)The item supplies the romanized aliases Tiansuizi, Jianghus anren, Fuli xiansheng, and Luwang.
3. [3] Family Lu Guimeng was a seventh-generation descendant of Lu Yuanfang and the son of Lu Bin'yu, who was a censor.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸龜蒙 (A017619)The biographical note explicitly calls him a seventh-generation descendant of Lu Yuanfang and the son of the censor Lu Bin'yu.
   • CBDBLu Guimeng (33753)The kinship entry identifies Lu Bin'yu as his father.
4. [4] Early learning In youth he was intelligent and skilled at composition, mastered the Six Classics, especially the Spring and Autumn, and kept a library of more than ten thousand volumes.
   • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biographies describe his youthful intelligence, literary skill, command of the Six Classics and the Spring and Autumn, and a library of more than ten thousand volumes at Gusu.
5. [5] Examination and early service He failed the jinshi examination, then followed Zhang Tuan or Zhang Bo, who served as governor of Huzhou and Suzhou, and took staff posts in the two prefectures.
   • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biographies record his failure in the jinshi examination, the variant forms Zhang Tuan and Zhang Bo, his association with the governors of Huzhou and Suzhou, and his service as a staff officer or commandery aide.
   • CBDBLu Guimeng (33753)The examination entry states that he attempted the jinshi and other examinations without success.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸龜蒙 (A017619)The note summarizes his service as a staff officer in Huzhou and Suzhou.
6. [6] Meeting Pi Rixiu In 869, Lu met Pi Rixiu after seeking out Cui Pu, and the two exchanged poems; Lu later compiled the exchange poems as Songling Changhe ji.
   • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biography gives the 869 appointment of Cui Pu, Lu's visit with his writings, his meeting with Pi Rixiu, their poetic exchange, and the later compilation of 《松陵唱和集》.
   • CBDBLu Guimeng (33753)The association entry identifies Pi Rixiu as a recipient of poems and prose from Lu.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸龜蒙 (A017619)The note places Pi Rixiu among Lu's literary associates and identifies their shared late-Tang literary context.
7. [7] Retirement and writing He withdrew to Fuli at Songjiang, wrote extensively, and continued writing in seclusion after falling ill at Lize in spring 879.
   • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biographies describe his withdrawal to Fuli at Songjiang, extensive writing and discussion, and his illness at Lize in spring 879 while remaining in seclusion and writing.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸龜蒙 (A017619)The note describes his return to his native place and life of secluded study.
8. [8] Tea and riverside life He was fond of tea, established a tea garden below Guzhu Mountain, and traveled by boat while avoiding ordinary social circles.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸龜蒙 (A017619)The note records his fondness for tea, his tea garden below Guzhu Mountain, and his habit of traveling by boat with a canopy through the rivers and lakes.
9. [9] Summons and posthumous office He declined a summons as a worthy recluse; after Li Wei and Lu Xie became chancellors, he was appointed Left Reminder but died when the edict was issued, and Wei Zhuang later memorialized him for the posthumous office of Right Supplementary Remonstrator in the Guanghua era.
   • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biographies state that he declined a summons as a worthy recluse, was close to Li Wei and Lu Xie, was summoned as Left Reminder when they held ministerial power, died when the edict was issued, and was memorialized by Wei Zhuang for the grant of Right Supplementary Remonstrator in the Guanghua era.
   • CBDBLu Guimeng (33753)The office entry records Right Supplementary Remonstrator in 900, the third year of Guanghua.
10. [10] Literary standing Lu was a poet and prose writer, one of the major late-Tang writers of xiaopin with Luo Yin and Pi Rixiu, and was known with Pi as the Pi-Lu pair.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸龜蒙 (A017619)The note identifies Lu, Luo Yin, and Pi Rixiu as major late-Tang writers of xiaopin.
    • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biographies describe his poetry, his friendship and poetic exchanges with Pi Rixiu, and the name Pi-Lu.
    • CBDBLu Guimeng (33753)The person record classifies him as a poet and writer and records Pi Rixiu as a recipient of his poems and prose.
11. [11] Poetic style His regulated verse shows the influence of Wen Tingyun and Li Shangyin, while his old-style verse follows Han Yu; Pi Rixiu compared him with Wen and Li.
    • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The poetry assessments describe the influence of Wen and Li on his regulated verse, the Han Yu line and expansive strangeness of his old-style verse, and Pi Rixiu's comparison of him with Wen Tingyun and Li Shangyin.
12. [12] Later criticism Poetic criticism characterized the Pi-Lu exchanges as opening an obscure and difficult style, while also praising their distinctive elegance and tracing his poetry to Du Fu and Han Yu, especially in several named groups of poems.
    • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The critical passages use the descriptions “another obscure and difficult style” and “distinctive elegance,” and trace his poetry to Du Fu and Han Yu while singling out 《五歌》, 《二遺》, and the twenty poems of 《自遣》.
13. [13] Collected works 《笠澤叢書》 is a three-volume collection of his poetry and prose; 《松陵唱和集》 survives in ten volumes, 《松陵集》 is another form of its title, and Song editors compiled 《甫里先生集》 in twenty volumes, also known as 《甫里集》.
    • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biographies list the three-volume 《笠澤叢書》, the ten-volume surviving 《松陵唱和集》, the title 《松陵集》, the twenty-volume 《甫里先生集》 compiled by Song editors, and 《甫里集》.
14. [14] Extant and lost works 《詩編》 and 《賦》 are described as lost; 《全唐詩》 preserves fourteen volumes of his poetry, while supplementary collections add three poems and ten fragments.
    • Souyun陸龜蒙 (21017)The biographies state that 《詩編》 has ten volumes and 《賦》 six volumes but both are lost, and count fourteen volumes in 《全唐詩》 plus three supplementary poems and ten fragments.
15. [15] Other works Other works attributed to Lu include 《耒耜經》, 《小名錄》, 《漁具詠》, 《記錦裾》, 《錦裙記》, 《零陵總記》, and 《三異人傳》.
    • CBDBLu Guimeng (33753)The works list includes 《耒耜經》, 《小名錄》, and works marked as authored by Lu, including 《漁具詠一卷》, 《記錦裾一卷》, 《錦裙記一卷》, 《零陵總記一卷》, and 《三異人傳一卷》.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陸龜蒙 (A017619)The note lists 《耒耜經》 and 《小名錄》 among his works.