Li Shangyin's poems are unique in the poetry circle of the late Tang Dynasty, because he is sentimental and devoted to them. He expressed the sadness and persistence of the scholars in the late Tang Dynasty with many works, thus creating a new style and new realm of poetry. His poems are novel in conception and beautiful in style, especially some love poems and untitled poems, which are lingering and memorable. In addition, Li Shangyin used subtle and hazy expression techniques to the extreme, but some poems were too obscure and puzzling to be solved. There was a saying that "poets always loved Quincy, but only hated that no one wrote Jian Zheng". ?
Careful in conception and deep in feelings. Seldom use direct expression of one's mind, and avoid using flat language. In this poem, metaphor and symbolism are widely used, forming a profound feature that can't be ignored. Accurate duality, exquisite language, beautiful melody, particularly beautiful appearance, and the meaning is often obscure.
In Jinse, the poet borrows a lot of allusions such as Zhuang Sheng's dream butterfly, cuckoo's crying blood, tears in the sea and smoke in fertile fields, and uses metaphor and imagination to transform his auditory feelings into visual images. By combining the fragments of images, he creates a hazy realm, thus conveying sincere, strong and profound thoughts with the help of visually perceptible poetic images.
Being good at using allusions, being precise and accurate, containing without revealing can make people have more associations. For example, in Ding An Tieta, the author expressed his frustration and sense of loss. "Jia Sheng cried when he was young, and RoyceWong went further for a spring outing." In the poem, the comparison between the two ancients is both implicit and appropriate.