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Lu Rui
Southern Song ci poet, courtesy name Jingsi, from Kuaiji and a fifth-generation descendant of Lu Dian; he took the jinshi in 1232, attached himself to Jia Sidao, and left three lyrics.
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 Jingsi · Xiyun
Lu Rui, courtesy name Jingsi and literary name Xiyun, from Kuaiji (modern Shaoxing), a fifth-generation descendant of Lu Dian, was a Southern Song ci poet. He took the jinshi in 1232, served as an adviser to a provincial official in the Chunyou years, and in 1257 held central posts as secretary in the Ministry of Rites, Palace Library secretary and imperial diarist; he later became an editor and handled finance and military affairs in Jiangnan East and Huaixi. A follower of the powerful minister Jia Sidao, he is named by Zhou Mi among those who wrote birthday lyrics for Jia. He died in 1266, and three of his lyrics are in the Complete Song Lyrics.
Life and times
Dates birth unknown – 1266 CE