Li Shangyin was the most accomplished poet in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. The main contents of his poems are as follows: first, he paid attention to reality all his life, so hundreds of his poems were political poems that touched social reality, reflected a series of major social problems at that time, and boldly expressed his attitude and views. His political poem "Hundred Rhymes in the Western Suburbs" describes the poverty and poverty in rural areas, traces the historical changes of the rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, and reflects the extremely broad social and historical content, which is magnificent and has the characteristics of political theory and historical poetry. Secondly, most of Li Shangyin's poems are poems expressing various complicated thoughts. Because of political frustration, I have been immersed in life, with great ambitions, no talent, and negative emotions of depression, which are complex and strong and often appear in writing. Thirdly, Li Shangyin was a skillful and distinctive writer among lyric poets in the Tang Dynasty. Fourthly, he also wrote many poems about pursuing and cherishing other women, most of which were marked untitled. Its artistic features are as follows: First, it is one of the main features of Li Shangyin's poems, which is meticulous in conception and emotional blur. His poems reveal the true feelings, express feelings, express feelings and praise things at any time, but at the same time, he rarely uses the way of expressing his chest and avoids speaking directly. Secondly, being good at using allusions and being precise is another important feature of Li Shangyin's poems. Third, he honed his words and coined words, and his poetic language was concise and rich. He not only pays attention to tempering content words, choosing function words and using reduplicated words, but also pays attention to using color idioms and folk proverbs, which makes the poetic language novel and rich. Fourthly, Li Shangyin's poems are beautiful and full of sense of the times, swaying without losing weight, rich and profound ideological content and twists and turns to achieve a perfect and harmonious unity, forming a unique style of "deep affection" and elegance.
The unique style, with its profound meaning, exquisite diction and hazy aesthetic pursuit, has opened up a new world for the development of lyric poetry, made important contributions to the development of classical poetry and later poetry, and had a far-reaching impact.