As an adult, Lu You was granted Deng Shi Lang. In the 24th year of Shaoxing (1 154), he took the examination of the Ministry of rites and tied for the first place. He was dismissed by the host and officials because of "the theory of happiness after recovery" and "touching Qin Gui with words". After six years on the main road (1 170), the poet went to Sichuan as a general judge, studied for two years, and was transferred to Fu Xuan, Sichuan as a clerk and procurator. Lu You went behind the scenes and actively sponsored activities. The fighting life in this period was the hardest period of his life. The fighting life in this period has also become the realistic basis of many patriotic poems by Lu You.
At this time, the war in the Southern Song Dynasty was in full swing, and the Jurchen ruling group attacked the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty on a large scale. The Jurchen ruling group occupied a large area of land north of Jianghuai, but the Southern Song ruling group could do nothing, pursued a policy of humiliating its peace, flattered the rulers and bowed to their knees, thus making the Southern Song Dynasty, which had no founding atmosphere, even more depressed and the national situation even more depressed. At this time, Lu You, a young poet full of patriotic passion, sang passionate and magnificent battle songs with his heroic style, expressing the sadness of national division, and his strong patriotism was fully revealed.
The first thing we see in his patriotic poems is the poet's strong desire to recover his homeland and realize the reunification of the motherland at an early date. Poets often use their rich imagination to express their patriotic aspirations and ideals of reviving China. "Flying at the gates in the daytime, taking off mink fur and petting the general at night" is the poet's imagination of Julian Waghann's northern expedition, such as breaking bamboo and completely recovering lost ground; "The Yellow River and Hangu Pass, four Haitong boats ride. Ma Shi sent Zhao Yan, and cloth and silk came to Qingxu. One is to camp seven halls, and the other is to paint nine songs. ""Liangzhou is full of high-rise buildings, and it is a school in Kyoto. " This is a beautiful vision for the people to rebuild their homes and make the world peaceful after victory. In order to realize this ideal as soon as possible, the poet also remembered the plan to recover the occupied areas in his dream. "I forgot to be sleepy at night in my dream and talked about moving the capital." The poet expressed his enthusiasm for serving the country and strengthening the country from his poems, and strongly expressed his patriotic desire.
Poets in the Southern Song Dynasty were extremely indignant at the crimes that brought disaster to the country and people and the fear of death. He used poetry instead of guns, profoundly and sharply exposing the humiliating surrender policy pursued by the lords and the figures of the faction. The enlightenment of "officials and officials have arranged Zong Ze with the party, and no one uses Yue Fei" and "officials are poor and resourceful, and they make mistakes in Qin for a while" is very profound. At the same time, the poet also described the ugly faces of these people who indulge in debauchery, drag out an ignoble existence and ignore national security: "Zhu dances heavily, but horses are fat and bow off." "The host called a guest banquet to draw a painting hall, with two rows of jade fingers and silk springs. The beauty is like a wall, and the breeze does not move the golden fragrance."
The dark rule of the Southern Song Dynasty and the illegal invasion of the Jurchen nationality made Lu You have a strong desire for patriotic revenge. However, the poet was faced with the cruel reality that the small court in the Southern Song Dynasty knelt down and stole peace, and the pacifists constantly rejected the persecution of patriots. Therefore, poets often sigh: "The Great Wall of Saishan is empty, and the temple in the mirror is blessed." "Hu Buqiu, and empty tears. Who knows that in this life, my heart is in Tianshan and I am always in Cangzhou! " This is not only the expression of the poet's indignation, but also the poet's strong accusation against the dark rule of the Southern Song Dynasty. But the poet is not afraid of difficulties and high pressure, and sticks to his patriotic stance. He didn't change the ideal of Beiding Central Plains at all. He wrote his joy, pain, ideal and reality into his works, which formed a sharp contrast and fully showed his ambition that he was no longer bound by the land.
In 1207, when Lu You was 82 years old, he learned that the imperial court had decreed to cut gold, and he was excited to write a poem "Old Horse". "When you hear the drums, you can still admire Zhao Wei", which shows the pride of "going to Xinjiang".
In AD 12 10, 85-year-old Lu You died with the resentment of "wishing he could not see the Central Plains before his death" and the infinite grief and indignation of worrying about his country and people. Before he closed his eyes, generate, a tenacious spark of life, sang loudly. This is a famous sentence "Shizi" that has been passed down through the ages: "When you die, you know that you have forgotten everything, and you are sad to see Kyushu. Julian Waghann decided to go north to celebrate the Central Plains, and I didn't forget to tell you about my family's sacrifice. " These 28 words, impassioned and bold, directly express the broad masses of people's desire to return to their homes and are permeated with the poet's strong patriotism.
Lu You's life is a life of struggling for national reunification and singing hard.