Lu Guimeng

Who was Lu Guimeng?

Lu Guimeng, courtesy name Luwang, was recluse Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. He lived in seclusion at Puli near Suzhou. His pseudonyms included, Mr. Puli, Tiansuizhi, and Jianghu Shanren.

He and his friend, poet Pi Rixiu created a style of matching rhyme poetry: first one party composed a poem, the other party 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.

⁕Classic of the Plough, a book described in detail the curved iron plough.