Li He (about 79 1 year-about 8 17), a native of Fuchang, Henan Province in the Tang Dynasty (now Yiyang County, Luoyang City, Henan Province), lived in Fuchang Changgu, later called Li Changgu, and was a descendant of Zheng Liang, the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty. Known as "Shi Gui", he was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, as well as Du Fu, Li Bai, Shi Fo and Wang Wei. There are famous articles such as Wild Goose Gate Taishouxing and Yu Liping Yin. He is the author of Long Valley Collection.
Second, the historical position.
Li He was a romantic poet in the mid-Tang Dynasty, and he was also called "Sanli" in Tang Dynasty with Li Bai and Li Shangyin. It is a representative of the transition period from the middle Tang Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty. Most of his poems lament the untimely birth, feel depressed and express the pursuit of ideals and ambitions; It reflects the situation that the vassal region was divided, the eunuchs were authoritarian and brutally exploited the people. Left behind "dark clouds crush the city and want to destroy it", "chickens crow and the world is white", "If there is love in the sky, the sky will be old" and so on.
Li He's poems are full of imagination, and often convey his feelings with myths and legends, so later generations often call him "a genius" and "Shi Gui", and his poems are called "the words of a ghost fairy". There is a saying that "talents are too white and talents are too long." Li He is another famous romantic poet in the history of China literature after Qu Yuan and Li Bai.
Li He has been depressed and sentimental for a long time, and his life style is bitter. In the eighth year of Yuanhe (8 13), he resigned as a gift officer and returned to Changgu due to illness. He died young at the age of 27.
Third, handed down works.
Guo, Tian Meng, Yan Men Tai Shou Xing, Brewing, Li Ping's Quotations, Drinking by the King of Qin, Folk Songs, Twenty-three Poems, Five Satirical Poems, Golden Copper Fairy Singing Han Songs, Old Lady Jade Songs, Bitter Days, Man and Huangfushi.
Fourth, the style of the work.
The poetic style of Li He's poems is ethereal and even grotesque, and the content is mainly to express his grief and indignation towards talented people. Describe the imaginary world of ghosts and gods; Describe the sufferings of the people; Expose the evils of the times, criticize the debauchery of rulers, and praise the bravery of frontier fortress soldiers. Its artistic characteristics are: fantastic imagination, fantastic rhetoric, colorful changes and deliberate innovation. The image of poetry jumps and the structure is unconventional. Clever rhetoric and peculiar poetic language. However, it also has some shortcomings, such as the pursuit of strangeness and illusion, which is often obscure and dangerous, lacking a complete image and coherent emotional context, which is difficult to solve.