Only the Fragrance Remains the Same—On Lu You’s Poems about Flowers

Abstract

There are more than one hundred poems written by Lu You, which are rich in content and diverse in subject matter. The flowers-chanting poems written by Lu You have unique aesthetic connotations. This paper combs Lu You’s flowers-chanting poems and examines the theme implication of Yongmei’s poems and Haitang’s poems. Lu You presents two images of Mei, showing the characteristics of light form and heavy charm, and tends to use Mei as a metaphor. Through the concrete analysis of the poems about begonia, this paper refines the stage characteristics of the poems about begonia, connects them with their life experiences, walks into Lu You’s inner world, and realizes the unique charm of Lu You’s poems about flowers.