Why was Li He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, called "Shi Gui"?

Some people say that his poem is full of ghosts and gods, so it is called it. Others think that "a genius" not only praises his cleverness and agility, but also laments his untimely death. Li He had a rough life and died young at the age of 27, but he left a lot of poems in his short life. These poems are rich in imagination, novel in conception, ingenious in conception, magnificent in writing, full of sadness and high in artistic value. He is called "Shi Gui", not only because his poems are good at casting words, imaginative and unique in artistic conception, but also because his poems contain a lot of themes about Taoist gods and ghosts.

Li He (about 79 1 year-about 8 17), with a long word, is "the pioneer of Changji poetry." During the Tang Dynasty, a native of Fuchang, Henan Province (now Yiyang County, Luoyang, Henan Province), lived in Fuchang Changgu, later called Li Changgu, and was a descendant of the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty and Tang Gaozu Li Yuan's uncle Li Liang. 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.

Li He is another famous positive romantic poet in the history of China literature after Qu Yuan and Li Bai. His poems criticized the fatuity and decay of the rulers and the dark reality of the separatist regime in the buffer regions. There are also many people who sympathize with the grievances and pains of the lower classes and are politically progressive. In art, his poems are high-spirited, or like clouds falling and snow falling, which is extremely romantic; Or as bright, beautiful and bright as the moon. It is very original in strange imagination, exquisite conception and incisive language, and it is unique in the middle Tang Dynasty and has pioneering power.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia: Li He