Lu Ji
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Lu Ji (born 261, Wu [now Suzhou, Zhejiang province], China—died 303, China) was a renowned Chinese literary critic and the first important writer to emerge from the kingdom of Wu (222–280).
Grandson of the great Lu Xun, one of the founders of the Wu kingdom, and fourth son of Lu Kang, the Wu commander in chief, Lu Ji remained in obscurity for nine years after the Wu kingdom was subjugated by the Jin dynasty (265–317). In 289 Lu traveled to Luoyang, the imperial capital, where he was warmly received by the literary elite and appointed president of the national university. He eventually rose to higher official posts and became a member of the nobility, but he was executed on a false charge of treason.
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Although Lu left a considerable body of lyric poetry in imitative style, he is better known as a writer of fu, an intricately structured form of poetry mixed with prose. A prime specimen of this form is his Wenfu (“On Literature”; Eng. trans. The Art of Writing), a subtle and important work of literary criticism that defines and demonstrates the principles of composition with rare insight and precision.