Complete Collection of Li Shangyin's Works Including the Poetic Collection of Li He

Author: (Tang) Li Shangyin
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: Li Shangyin was a renowned poet of late Tang Dynasty. His poetry is elegant, exquisite, and profound, filled with endless meaning. Especially his original "Untitled" poems, mysterious and melancholic, are considered the pinnacle of love poetry. His prose is equally skilled in both parallel and styles, with outstanding literary talent. His parallel prose is particularly celebrated as the "golden thread of modern styles" and the "jade law of official documents." Li Shangyin's poetry was deeply influenced by the famous mid-Tang poet Li He. Li He was a genius who passed away young and was regarded as the "ghost poet" of the poetic world. His poetry is romantic, enigmatic, and full of extraordinary imagination, making it widely celebrated by later generations for its uniqueness.