Li Shangyin (about 8 13- about 858), born in Yuxi, was a famous poet Fan Nansheng in Tang Dynasty. His ancestral home is Qinyang, Hanoi (now Jiaozuo, Henan) and Xingyang, Zhengzhou.
Li Shangyin is called "the soul of poetry", because Li Shangyin and Du Mu's poems are greatly influenced by Du Fu, so Li Shangyin and Du Mu are also called "Little Du Li" by later generations (Big Du Li refers to Li Bai and Du Fu), and they are also called "Wen Li" by later generations because their poetry styles are similar to those of their contemporaries.
Li Shangyin was a very famous poet in China in the late Tang Dynasty. He not only studies poetry, but also has high attainments in parallel prose. Li Shangyin was one of the few people who deliberately pursued the beauty of poetry in the literary world of Tang Dynasty. His style of ancient poetry is often very elegant and exquisite, and his thoughts are also very ingenious and innovative. Representative poems include Jinse, Untitled, Two Poems by Ma Wei, Notes for a friend in the North on a rainy night, and Willow in Bajiang.
Li Shangyin and Du Mu are called "Little Du Li" and Wen is called "Wen Li". The literary value of Li Shangyin's poems is very high. His poems are similar to Duan Hewen's poems in the same period, ranking 16th in the family, so they are also called "Thirty-six Style".