Lu Guimeng (; died 881),
courtesy name
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Luwang (), was a recluse
Chinese poet
The following is a list of Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the languages of China.
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A
*Ai Qing
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*Bai Juyi or Bo Juyi
*Consort Ban
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of the
Tang dynasty
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. He lived in seclusion at
Puli near
Suzhou
Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...
. His
pseudonym
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s included Mr. Puli (), Tiansuizhi (), and Jianghu Sanren ().
He and his friend, the fellow poet
Pi Rixiu
Pi Rixiu (; ca. 834 – 883) was a Tang dynasty poet. His courtesy names were Yishao () and Ximei (), and he wrote under the pen name Lumenzi (). Pi was a contemporary of poet Lu Guimeng; these two poets are often referred to as Pi-Lu.
Pi was bor ...
, created a new style of matching rhyme poetry. One of them would compose a poem, and the other would then reply with a new poem using the same rhyme. His works included:
* ''Songlin Ji'' (), a collection of matching rhyme poems by Lu and Pi Rixiu
* ''Puli Ji'' (), Collection of Puli
* ''
The Classic of the Plough'', a book that described in detail the curved iron plough
Tomb
Lu Guimeng's tomb is near the Baoshen temple in
Luzhi
Luzhi Town () is a famous historic old town located in the Wuzhong District, 18 km east of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China.
Etymology
It was also known as Puli (),() has two pronunciations, 'fu' and 'pu'. () is pronounced as Pu-li, not Fu ...
, Suzhou. Two tall
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trees nearby were hand-planted by him and still stand today. The Fair Breeze Pavilion was reputed to be his favourite place for study and meeting friends.
References
* Qian, Zhonglian
"Lu Guimeng" ''
Encyclopedia of China
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'' (Chinese Literature Edition), 1st ed.
External links
*Books of the ''
Quan Tangshi
(''Complete Tang Poems'') is the largest collection of Tang poetry, containing some 49,000 lyric poems by more than twenty-two hundred poets. In 1705, it was commissioned at the direction of the Qing dynasty Kangxi Emperor and published under ...
'' that include collected poems of Lu Guimeng at the
Chinese Text Project
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:
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Book 624Book 625Book 626Book 627Book 628Book 629Book 630
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881 deaths
Tang dynasty poets
Year of birth unknown
Writers from Suzhou
9th-century Chinese poets
Poets from Jiangsu