Characterization of lower semicontinuous functions

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Let $X$ a topological space satisfying the first countability axiom. I want to prove the following result:

$\varphi : X \rightarrow R $ is lower semicontinuous (this mean that $\varphi^{-1} (a, + \infty)$ is open for all $a \in R$) if and only if $ \varphi (\hat{u}) \leq \liminf \varphi (u_n) $ (for all sequence $u_n$ converging to $x$).

For the first part my proof is :

Let $u_n \subset X$ with $u_n \rightarrow \hat{u}$. Write $a = \varphi (\hat{u})$. Let $\epsilon >0$. We have $\hat{u} \in \varphi^{-1}(a - \epsilon , + \infty)$ . This set is open in X, then exists $n_0$ a natural number such that

$$u_n \in \varphi^{-1}(a - \epsilon , + \infty), \forall n \geq n_0$$ then

$$ \varphi (\hat{u}) \leq \inf_{n > n_0} \varphi(u_n) + \epsilon \leq \inf_{n > k} \varphi(u_n) + \epsilon \ \forall k \geq n_0$$

then $ \varphi (\hat{u}) \leq \liminf_{n > n_0} \varphi(u_n) + \epsilon $ Then follow the first part.

The proof of the first part is correct? Someone can give me a help with the other part?