Modern Social Science Research

Lu You's life experience, intertwined with the spirit of his era, produced a body of work renowned for its profound emotional resonance. The dual predicament of unattainable love and unfulfilled patriotic ideals constitutes the core tension in his literary world. Through close reading of his poetry and restoration of the historical context, this paper analyzes the tragic essence of "yearning yet unfulfilled" embedded in both his love poems and patriotic verses. On the personal emotional level, masterpieces like Phoenix Hairpin (Chaitoufeng) and his Shen Garden poems employ exquisite phonetic techniques and imagery systems to blend instantaneous emotional outbursts with lifelong elegiac remembrance. On the national dimension, Lu You's patriotic poetry transcends mere political outcry. The indignation of "ambitions thwarted" and the "fleeting joy" in his love poems form an emotional homology, endowing his works with timeless artistic charm that resonates across centuries.

Lu You; Chaitoufeng; National sentiment; Poetic breakthrough; Emotional disharmony