Poetry of Pomegranate Li Shangyin

Pomegranate

{Tang Dynasty}? Li Shangyin

The pomegranate branches are graceful and the pomegranates are abundant, the pomegranate membrane is light and bright, and the pomegranate seeds are fresh.

I can envy the green peach trees in Yaochi, with green peach cheeks that last for a thousand years.

Li Shangyin (about 813-about 858), whose courtesy name was Yishan, also known as Yuxisheng and Fannansheng, was born in Hanoi, Huaizhou (now Qinyang, Jiaozuo, Henan) and was born in Xingyang, Zhengzhou (now Xingyang, Zhengzhou, Henan) city). He is a famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty. Together with Du Mu, he is known as "Xiao Li Du" and with Wen Tingyun, he is known as "Wen Li".

In the second year of Emperor Wenzong's reign (837), Li Shangyin became a Jinshi and served as Secretary, Provincial Secretary, Hongnong Lieutenant, etc. He struggled throughout his life. In the late Dazhong year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (about 858), Li Shangyin died of illness in Zhengzhou, and the location of his burial was controversial.