Xiao Li Du is the collective name of Tang Dynasty poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu.
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"Little Li Du" refers to Li Shangyin and Du Mu; "Big Li Du" refers to Li Bai and Du Fu.
1. Li Shangyin (813-about 858), whose courtesy name was Yishan and whose nicknames were Yuxisheng and Fan Nansheng. A poet of the late Tang Dynasty, his ancestral home was Didao, Longxi (now Lintao County, Gansu Province), and his ancestors moved to Xingyang (now Zhengzhou, Henan).
Li Shangyin's poems have high literary value. He and Du Mu are collectively called "Little Li Du", and Wen Tingyun are collectively called "Wen Li". They are similar in style to Duan Chengshi and Wen Tingyun of the same period, and both are in He is the sixteenth in the family, so he is also called the Thirty-Sixth Body. In "Three Hundred Tang Poems", Li Shangyin's poems account for 22, ranking fourth in number.
Li Shangyin
2. Du Mu (803-852), courtesy name Muzhi and Fanchuan Jushi, was born in Wannian County, Jingzhao Prefecture (now Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province). A famous poet and ancient writer in the late Tang Dynasty. He is good at long five-character ancient poems and seven-character poems. He once served as a native of Zhongshu Sheng (also known as Ziwei Province of Zhongshu Province) and was known as Du Ziwei.
His poems were both handsome and handsome, he was a literary scholar, and he was engaged in many affairs of the world. He achieved great success in the late Tang Dynasty. People at the time called him "Xiao Du" to distinguish him from Du Fu; As famous as Li Shangyin, he is known as "Little Li Du".
Du Mu
3. Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi, also known as "Exiled Immortal", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was hailed as the "Immortal of Poetry" by later generations, and was called "Li Du" together with Du Fu. In order to distinguish him from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, known as "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai were also collectively called "Big Li Du".
4. Du Fu (712-770), named Zimei, who called himself Shaoling Yelao, was a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty. Together with Li Bai, he was called "Li Du". Originally from Xiangyang, Hubei Province, he later moved to Gongxian County, Henan Province.