Li Shen, a poet who is full of infinite sympathy and love for the peasants whose backs are to the loess and their backs are to the sky, even has a side that he is very sorry for the peasant brothers-it may be said that he humiliated the peasants.
According to historical records, Li Shen "gradually became extravagant" after becoming an official, and the cost of a meal was as high as hundreds or even thousands. He especially likes to eat chicken tongues. Every meal requires more than 300 live chickens, and the chickens slaughtered in the yard are piled up. Li Shen's contemporaries, such as Han Yu, Jia Dao, Liu Yuxi and Li He, all scoffed at it.
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After Li Shen entered the official career, he lost sympathy for farmers in his poems and gradually became a corrupt official and a cruel official. With the rise of official position, Li Shen "gradually became extravagant". It is said that in Li Shen, the cost of a meal is often as high as hundreds or even thousands of pounds. When Shen Li was in Huainan, he was indifferent to the sufferings of the people.
Under the rule of Li Shen, people always fled across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River in fear. Li Shen's contemporaries, such as Han Yu, Jia Dao, Liu Yuxi and Li He, all scoffed at him.
When Liu Yuxi was appointed as Suzhou secretariat, he was once invited to attend a banquet arranged by Yangzhou secretariat Li Shen. When he saw a group of private prostitutes at home, one of them was filled with emotion, so he wrote a poem "To Li Prostitute": "Dressed like a palace palace, you are a virgin.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Shen
Public trust. Reflections on Li Shen's "Delicious Chicken Tongue"