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Lu Guimeng
Late Tang writer from Wu county who lived at Fuli, exchanged poems with Pi Rixiu and wrote the Lize congshu and the Leisi jing
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Lu Luwang · Jianghu Sanren · Master Tiansui · Master Fuli
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Lu Guimeng, courtesy name Luwang, with the sobriquets Scholar of Rivers and Lakes, Master Following Heaven and Master of Fuli, was from Wu county and a seventh-generation descendant of Lu Yuanfang. A late Tang writer, he failed the jinshi examination, served as aide in Huzhou and Suzhou, then lived at Fuli near Suzhou, supporting himself by farming. He exchanged poems with Pi Rixiu, the two being called Pi and Lu, compiled the Songling ji with him and wrote satirical short essays. His works include the Lize congshu and the farming book Leisi jing, and he kept a tea garden at Guzhu Mountain. He died in the Zhonghe years.
Life and times
Dates 839 - 881