Study On Lu Chui

Lu Chui (470 A.D—526 A.D),Zuo Gong,was a writer of Wu Province in ancient China. He was born in the sixth year of Emperor Taishi(470A.D) in the Song dynasty, and died in the seventh year of Emperor Wu(526A.D) in the Liang dynasty. He studied hard and was good at writing when he was a child. It is said that he could recite a passage as along as he read it just for once. He studied hard for many years. When he was seventeen he was run for the scholar, as one of the Jingling Eight Friends. From Qi dynasty to Liang dynasty, Lu Chui worked on many different positions(Details see vol.27of Liang Shu and vol.48 of Lu Chui Zhuan ). Lu Chui is also very good at Cursive writing. His poems had a strong effect in Qi and Liang dynasties.Here are the main contents of this thesis:The introduction summarizes the records about Lu Chui and his poems before the middle of 20th century and the research about him after the middle of 20th century. And find that there is no enough systemic research on Lu Chui's theory,thoughts and ideas in literature, and that there is no textual research on his life story, which lead to the difficulties in researching deeply on his literary creation, political ideas and the relevant history.Chapter one researches on Lu Chui's ideas and his family affairs, mainly about the effects on his ideas his family tradition and the Three Thoughts (Confucianism,Taoist and Buddhism).Lu Chui was known as one of the Jingling Eight Friends for his excellent talent, his ideas and status attitude.Chapter two researches on Lu Chui's life and relationships with others and summarizes his life affairs both in studying and in the court. This builds up an honorably literati and officialdom who appreciates the virtuous and talented persons, rewards and takes up the less advanced, not considering their social status.Chapter three is a Textual Research on Lu Chui Ji and Lu Chui's poems. It mainly summarizes the spread processes of Chui Ji and its different editions and makes an analytical study on the poems. This has confirmed Liu Chui's poem style is excellent and famous.Chapter four is Lu Chui's artistic achievement and contributions, by researching on the artistic styles and special characters of his poems.