Lu You was born in the era of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was deeply influenced by family patriotism since childhood. Lu You's Twelve Years Poems, learning sword and art of war. At the age of 29, I went to Lin 'an Province to try, ranking first. The following year, he took part in the second interview of does, but his career was not smooth because he was rejected by the traitor Qin Gui. Song Xiaozong was born a scholar after he acceded to the throne. He used to be the master book of Ningde County, Fuzhou, the official of deleting government decrees, and the judge of Longxing House. Because he insisted on resisting gold, he was repeatedly rejected by the Lord and factions.
In the eighth year of Dalu (1 172), the main battle general Wang Yan hired Lu You to assist in military affairs in the shogunate, and Lu You's life changed greatly. Military life made him embrace each other and wrote many passionate patriotic poems. After that, Lu You went through many ups and downs, and stayed in Yin Shan's hometown and countryside for more than 20 years after the reign of Shao Xiyuan in Song Guangzong (1 190). In the second year of Jiading (12 10), Lu You died, leaving the last book "Xiuer".
Later generations regarded Lu You as the crown of poets in the Southern Song Dynasty. Lu You claimed to be "10,000 poems in 60 years", and he was the poet who wrote the most poems in the history of China. Lu You advocated the Northern Expedition all his life. Although he was ostracized by the pacifists many times, his patriotic feelings remained unchanged until his death. As a patriotic poet, he is full of enthusiasm for saving the country. He, together with You Mao, Yang Wanli and Fan Chengda, is called "the Four Great Poets of Southern Song Dynasty".
His works include 85 volumes of Poems by Jian Nan, 50 volumes of Collected Works by Weinan, Notes of Laoxue Temple, and Book of Southern Tang Dynasty 10. His calligraphy is vigorous and unrestrained, and his ink is a "bitter cold post".