Li Shangyin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Native name | 李商隱 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | c. 813 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | c. 858 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Poet, politician | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 李商隱 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 李商隐 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kanji | 李商隠 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hiragana | り しょういん | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Li Shangyin (Chinese: 李商隱; pinyin: Lǐ Shāngyǐn, c. 813–858), courtesy name Yishan (Chinese: 義山), was a Chinese poet and politician of the late Tang dynasty, born in the Henei Commandery (now Qinyang, Henan). He is noted for his imagist and "no-title" (Chinese: 無題; pinyin: wútí) poetic style. Li has been frequently anthologized, and many of his poems have been translated into various languages, including several collections in English.[1][2]