Southern Tang Dynasty · Li Zhong Li Zhong: A poet of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. His birth and death dates are unknown. He lived from about 920 to 974. Zi Youzhong, a native of Jiujiang, Jiangxi. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, he was the Prime Minister of Ganyang. There are three volumes of "Biyun Collection" and four volumes of compiled poems. In the sixth year of Kaiyuan of the Southern Tang Dynasty (942), he and Liu Jun studied Lushan Chinese Studies in Bailudong and gained fame. There is a poem "Ren Shen was born in Ganyang at the age of Renshen, and after passing Lushan, he sent his feelings about Chinese studies to Liu Junming's Mansion": "Thirty years ago, when I was working hard, Nao Ying once sent this Yancen. The reading lamp was dark because of the heavy clouds, so I searched for the sentence Shi Ping The pity is deep." The year of Kaorenshen was 972. In that year, the poet went to Ganyang for appointment. He revisited his hometown through Jiujiang and wrote this poem. In addition, poet friend Meng Bin wrote a preface to "The Collection of Blue Clouds" compiled by Li Zhong who was in Ganyang at the time in the year of Guiyou (973). The article also says: "Justice the people of Gan, drink Gan water, and be pure." It can be seen that he knew Ganyang from 972 to 973, studied Chinese studies in Lushan about 30 years ago, and did not take the test whether to become a Jinshi around 942. Later, Xian Dezhong was appointed as the magistrate of a certain county in Huaixi. Zhou Shizong's southern expedition was trapped by Zhou's division, and he received a new order. In the sixth year (959), his brother died, and his two parents were in the hall. He petitioned to return to his homeland. With the permission of Emperor Zhou, he abandoned his official position and returned to the Southern Tang Dynasty to raise him personally. In the Song Dynasty, Qiande was first appointed as Jishuiwei, and served as magistrate of Xinyu, Anfu, Jinling and other counties. In the fifth year of Kaibao's reign (972), he was appointed magistrate of Xingan County. When he was appointed Prime Minister of Ganyang in 973, he compiled his own poetry collection "Biyun Collection", which contains more than 200 chapters. At that time, Meng Bin, a Jinshi in Tianfu Middle School of Jin Dynasty, wrote a preface to his poetry collection when he was appointed as a doctor in the Ministry of Water. Soon he died. The fourth volume of "Jun Zhai Shu Zhi" records the second volume of "Li Zhong's Poems". There is also a brief introduction in Volume 10 of "The Biography of Talented Scholars of the Tang Dynasty". "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" is compiled into four volumes. The poet served as a small official at the county level for many times in his life, but he was not very successful politically. In addition, years of wars, relatives separated, friends far away, it was difficult to realize his political ambitions, and his life was not satisfactory. But the poet has been devoted to poetry all his life. He became an idiot and became a demon. He wrote diligently and called himself a "poetry demon". He couldn't help but compose poems when he was ill, in separation, in remembrance, and in happiness. There is a saying that "the poem demon also loves Sentences such as "Autumn" and "The demon of poetry outside Zen is still strong" were pondered and recited, and a large number of excellent poems were created. He had friendly contacts with poets Shen Bin, Meng Binyu, Zuo Yan, Liu Jun, Han Xizai, Zhang Bo and Xu Xuan, and wrote many works for singing and reward. He also had a close relationship with monks and Taoists, especially discussing poetry and verses with monks from Donglin Temple in Lushan Mountain. "Looking at the moon together in autumn, I don't write poems all night long." Listening to the piano and playing chess with the Lushan Taoist, "The smoke and mist are warm when the medicine is baked in the stream, and the days and months are long when the flowers are playing chess" ("Si Jian Ji Guan Old Traveler". It reflects the social atmosphere of advocating Buddhism and Taoism at that time. Li Zhong's taste is elegant , is good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and is particularly good at calligraphy. He is good at cursive calligraphy and has "Mo Chi Bian".