However, although his love poems are moving, they are too obscure. Not only love poems, but almost all his works have such characteristics. It's really hard to understand, because there are many allusions and complicated meanings. This can also be realized from the annotations given by later poetic theorists.
Li Shangyin is also a prolific poet. Together with Du Mu, he is called Little Du Li, which has a high status and popularity among poets in the Tang Dynasty. There is a seven-character poem written by Li Shangyin, which vividly illustrates how difficult his works are. This poem also appears in high school Chinese textbooks, and its name is Jinse. In fact, according to historical records, this poem had no name, but was named after the first two words of the first couplet. Throughout all Li Shangyin's poems, most of them are so-called untitled poems. This is what makes this talented poet unique.
The first seven words of Jinse are like falling in clouds and fog. Jinse is an ancient musical instrument. At first, it had fifty strings. This is just an obvious common sense, but he used the word unprovoked. There seems to be another meaning in it. But we don't know the poet's mood, and we dare not speculate. The content behind this poem is also confusing to read. Zhuang Zhou's dreamy allusions are used a lot, but it's rather confusing here. Perhaps, all the answers have to go back thousands of years to find.