陆龟蒙的一生行迹（?-881）
陆龟蒙（？-约881），字鲁望，自号天随子、江湖散人，长洲（今苏州）人。曾举进士不第，后隐居松江甫里，与皮日休唱和齐名，并称"皮陆"。善诗文，兼通农学，著《耒耜经》，为唐代农学要籍。诗风奇僻，自成一家。
长洲（830） · 长洲少年
唐文宗大和四年（830年）前后，陆龟蒙出生于长洲（今苏州吴中）。他出身吴中旧族，自幼饱读诗书，尤喜《庄子》《楚辞》，性格疏放不羁，有隐逸之志。
湖州（854） · 游历不第
唐宣宗大中八年（854年）前后，陆龟蒙游历湖州，曾为湖、苏二郡从事。他在湖州初识顾渚茶事，日后与皮日休同访茶山，写下大量茶诗，对唐代茶文化贡献甚大。
长安（861） · 游历不第
唐懿宗咸通二年（861年）前后，陆龟蒙赴长安应进士举，不第。他在长安目睹晚唐政治的溃败，对仕途彻底绝望，遂绝意功名，东归江南，终身不复应举。
苏州（869） · 苏州皮陆
唐懿宗咸通十年（869年）前后，陆龟蒙在苏州与皮日休定交，二人日夕唱和、推为知己。"皮陆唱和"轰动吴中诗坛，唱和之作编为《松陵集》，开晚唐唱和诗之新局。
甫里（873） · 甫里隐居
唐懿宗咸通十四年（873年）前后，陆龟蒙隐居松江甫里（今苏州甪直），自号"甫里先生"。他在甫里躬耕自给、著书立说，作《耒耜经》记农具形制，兼撰《笠泽丛书》诗文杂著。
松江（877） · 松江晚岁
唐僖宗乾符四年（877年）前后，陆龟蒙在松江一带继续隐居生活。此时黄巢起义已席卷大半个中国，天下大乱，他的隐居之地虽远离战火，但诗中不免乱离之感。
甪直（纪念）（880） · 松江晚岁
唐僖宗广明元年（880年）前后，陆龟蒙在甪直甫里度过晚年。他在此修建清风亭、白莲寺等遗迹，躬耕著书之余，与乡邻茶叟往来，将隐逸的理想付诸日常生活的实践。
松江（终老）（881） · 松江晚岁
唐僖宗广明二年（881年）前后，陆龟蒙病逝于松江甫里，享年不详。他卒后，皮日休为撰《甫里先生传》，但不久皮亦投身黄巢，二人从此生死两隔。
The Life Journey of Lu Guimeng, the Scatterbrained Fisherman of Fu-li
Lu Guimeng (c. 830-881), styled Luwang, the 'Master Who Follows Heaven' and the 'Idler of Rivers and Lakes,' failed one examination and never tried again. In Fu-li by the Song river he farmed, fished, wrote the 'Classic of the Plough' — a poet who was also an agronomist — and traded poems with Pi Rixiu till 'Pi and Lu' became one word.
Timeline of the Journey
- 830 · 长洲 — Born into an old Wu family at Changzhou; Zhuangzi and Chuci his boyhood companions, and the recluse's temper already showing.
- 854 · 湖州 — Clerkships in Hu and Su; at Huzhou the Guzhu tea gardens entered his blood — ten poems on tea implements came later, with Pi's answers.
- 861 · 长安 — One attempt at the jinshi, one failure; he watched the capital's rot and went home for good. 'The new sandbar' — even the sea's new land goes to the tax-collector.
- 869 · 苏州 — The meeting with Pi Rixiu in Suzhou: match after match, form for form, 'the Songling Collection' — late Tang's great friendly rivalry, each man half of one poet.
- 873 · 甫里 — Settled at Fu-li (Luzhi), 'the Master of Fu-li': fields, fishing-gear, the plough measured and drawn for the 'Lei-si Jing' — the first Chinese treatise on a farm tool by a hand that used one.
- 877 · 松江 — The Huang Chao years closing in; the hermitage out of the fire's path but not out of its shadow — poems to friends, chrysanthemums, the one white cluster.
- 880 · 甪直 — Late years at Luzhi: the Clear-Breeze Pavilion, White Lotus temple, tea with the village elders — the ideal of withdrawal made ordinary, and real.
- 881 · 松江 — Died at Fu-li in 881; Pi Rixiu wrote his biography — and soon after went into the rebellion's maw. 'Pi and Lu,' one name now, forever.
'On the white chrysanthemums, one midge of fragrance — and no one notices.' Lu Guimeng chose the fishing-line over the examination hall, wrote the plough's biography, and made friendship itself a genre.
