Selected Poems of Li Shangyin

Author: Liu Xuekai
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Publish Date: 1986-11-02
Features: Li Shangyin was an outstanding and representative poet of the late Tang Dynasty. His works sharply exposed the corrupt ruling class, reflected the perilous era of the declining Tang Dynasty, and portrayed the tragic fate and psychology of suppressed intellectuals of that time. In terms of poetic art, he broke through the difficult situation left by the multi-directional exploration of poets from the High Tang and Middle Tang periods through extensive learning from predecessors and painstaking effort. He created a new poetic style characterized by depth, elegance, rich melancholic sentiment, and symbolic implication, making new contributions to the development of lyrical art in ancient poetry.