"The Biography of the Eternal Man Lu You" is a historical romance novel with ten volumes and one hundred chapters. It takes the magnificent life of the patriotic poet Lu You of the Southern Song Dynasty as the main line, integrates his poetry, love and feelings of family and country, and presents the spiritual epic of an "Eternal Man".
The novel begins with Lu You's birth in troubled times in 1125, and goes through his childhood migration to the south, his family's influence, his youthful determination, and his first marriage and love affair with his cousin Tang Wan. The book is structured in ten volumes and details his complete life trajectory from his dethronement in the imperial court, ups and downs in officialdom, military campaign in Nanzheng, singing songs in Sichuan, retreating to the mountains and shades, writing in his later years, and ending with his final work "Shi'er". Interspersed with it are the intersections with historical figures such as Yue Fei, Xin Qiji, and Fan Chengda, as well as the creative background of literary classics such as "The Hairpin Phoenix", "Jiannan Poetry Draft", and "Notes of Laoxue'an".
The novel not only reproduces Lu You's multiple identities as a poet, general, and official, but also goes deeper into his inner world, revealing his complex human nature of struggling and persevering in love, ideals, and reality. The ending spans time and space, tracing how his poetic soul became a spiritual torch in the national crisis in the late Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, and even modern times. He was hailed by Liang Qichao as an "eternal man" and inspired future generations.
This is a work that combines historical reality and literary imagination. It is not only an artistic reconstruction of Lu You's life, but also an affectionate tribute to the spiritual blood of the Chinese nation.
