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Lu Weilao
Ci poet of the Northern-Southern Song transition, also written Lu Binlao, courtesy name Shengqiu, from Jiaxing; he held a minor post under Xuanhe and Jingkang and lived through the fall of the north. His collection is the Shengqiu Ci.
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 Binlao (variant) · Shengqiu
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Lu Weilao, also written Lu Binlao, courtesy name Shengqiu, from Jiaxing in Zhejiang, was a ci poet of the Song transition. He held a minor court post in the Xuanhe and Jingkang years and was known for his poetry, lived through the fall of the Northern Song, and in old age retired to his home town. His lyrics are close in manner to the Huajian school and Zhou Bangyan, and some voice grief for the lost north; they are collected in the Shengqiu Ci with a preface by Zhao Shiji, and Bo Xing and Bai Yijiao are among his best-known pieces.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active in the Xuanhe and Jingkang years (1119–1127)