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Lu Zugao
Southern Song lyric poet styled Shenzhi and called Pujiang, from Yongjia, a jinshi of 1199 who rose to Vice Director of Construction.
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 Shenzhi · Cikui · Pujiang
Lu Zugao, courtesy name Shenzhi and also Cikui, called Pujiang, came from Yongjia and was a nephew of Lou Yue. A jinshi of 1199, he was a prefectural instructor, assistant magistrate at Wujiang, clerk in the Ministries of Justice and Works and proofreader in the Palace Library, and rose to Vice Director of Construction and acting academician, dying in office. His lyrics are collected as the Pujiang Ci, and seven poems are preserved in the Song Shi Jishi.
Life and times
Dates 1174 CE-1224 CE