Resigned as the lieutenant of Hongnong County, in the second year of Wuzong Huichang (842), Li Shangyin took the book judgment Diocesan to re-enter the secretary province as the orthography, and Xuanding's mother was worried about staying at home. Li Shangyin had to leave his post and go home to keep filial piety for three years. This means that Li Shangyin, who is still in power, has to give up his best chance to join the power class. This incident dealt a fatal blow to Li Shangyin's political career. The three years that Li Shangyin lived at home (from the end of the second year of Huichang to the end of the fourth year of Huichang) were the most glorious period of Li Deyu's rule. Missing this period, with the death of Wu Zong soon after, Li Deyu's political clique suddenly lost power, and Li Shangyin had difficulty finding political confidants. [5]

In the third year of Huichang (843), Li Shangyin's father-in-law, Wang Maoyuan, died of illness while representing the government to defeat Liu Zhi's rebellion. Wang Maoyuan did not use his influence to help Li Shangyin's promotion during his lifetime, but his death undoubtedly made Li Shangyin's situation more difficult. [12]

In the late spring of the fourth year of Huichang (844), he moved from Guanzhong to Yongle. In the winter of the fifth year (845), he entered Beijing in costumes,

Li Shangyin

Li Shangyin

It is still a secret orthography. This time, his position ("orthography") was lower in rank than the previous one ("school scrivener"). Even so, Li Shangyin has a new starting point for development after all. In the Tang Dynasty, it was generally believed that a position in the capital would have more opportunities for promotion than an expatriate official, and Li Shangyin's secretarial province was more likely to attract high-level attention. Another piece of good news for Li Shangyin was that Prime Minister Li Deyu had gained the full trust of Wu Zong, and the capable politician was given almost full authority to handle the affairs of the court. Li Shangyin actively supported Li Deyu's political ideas, and he was full of ambition and had reason to look forward to the opportunity to be reused. [13]

During his years of idleness, Li Shangyin dealt with some family affairs, the most important of which was to move the tombs of some relatives back to the family cemetery in his hometown. This effort to preserve the honor of the family gave him some psychological satisfaction. It can be seen from some of the existing poems that Li Shangyin tried his best to adjust his mentality, downplaying his interest and expectations for his political career. He sometimes engaged in farming, claiming that he was "eager to have the ambition of a farmer to look forward to his old age", and wrote pastoral poems in Tao Yuanming's style. However, the chaotic situation has always attracted Li Shangyin's attention. He has very distinct political leanings that it is almost impossible to hide.

Shogunate travels

In October of the fifth year of Huichang (845), Li Shangyin ended his filial piety and returned to the secretary province. At this time, Wu Zong

Li Shangyin of the 36 poems and immortals of the Qing Dynasty

Li Shangyin of the 36 poems and immortals of the Qing Dynasty

The efficient partnership with Prime Minister Lee Tak-yu is at an advanced stage. In March of the following year, Wu Zong died, and it is rumored that he died of poisoning due to a long period of taking the elixir offered by Taoist priests. After a series of court struggles, Xuanzong Li Chen ascended the throne and opposed most of Wuzong's policies, especially disgusted with Li Deyu. As a result, a new round of political purges continued for almost the entire sixth year of Huichang (846), and the once powerful prime minister Li Deyu and his supporters were quickly pushed out of the center of power. With the support of Xuanzong himself, the new forces of the Niu Party led by Bai Minzhong gradually occupied an important position in the government.

In the sixth year of Huichang (846), Li Shangyin served as a regular character in the secretary province. Thirty-five-year-old Li Shangyin finally had a son (Li Gongshi), and his cousin Li Xisu also became a jinshi in this year, and these two good news probably only made him excited for a while. Because of his support for Lee's political program and the fact that he had previously been seen as a betrayal by Ling Huxuan and others, it was unlikely that he would share in the victory of the Niu Party. At this time, Li Shangyin's position was almost too low to be excluded in the power struggle, and he was still depressed because of his lack of career.

In the first year of Dazhong (847), Zheng Ya, the Guiguan observer, invited Li Shangyin to serve in Guilin. In May, Li Shangyin and Zheng Ya traveled to the south, about 5,000 miles away from the capital. Zheng Ya's move south was part of the Cattle Party's purge plan. Li Shangyin's willingness to take the initiative to follow a degraded official shows that he sympathizes with Li Deyu's party. On the other hand, it also shows that he is no longer confident in his promotion. In less than a year in Guilin, Zheng Ya was once again demoted to Xunzhou Assassin, and Li Shangyin also lost his job.

In the autumn of the second year of Dazhong (848), Li Shangyin returned to Chang'an. [14] It is said that when he was destitute, he wrote to his old friend Ling Hu Xuan (who had entered the core of power) to ask for help, but was refused, and as a result, he was only able to pass his own examination to obtain a small position as a lieutenant of the county. Ironically: 10 years ago, he happened to be a considerable position (Hongnong County Lieutenant). [8] Li Shangyin served as a lieutenant for a short time, and was transferred back to the capital. At this time, the situation in the secretary province was very similar to that in the first year of Dazhong: a humble official position, a slim future, and loneliness, looking forward to changes.

In September of the third year of Dazhong (849), Li Shangyin was invited by Lu Hongzheng, the envoy of the Wuning Army, to go to Xuzhou to take up his post. Lu Hongzheng was a capable official and also admired Li Shangyin very much. If his career goes well, Li Shangyin may have one last chance. However, unfortunately, just over a year after Li Shangyin followed Lu Hongzheng, the latter died of illness in the spring of the fifth year of junior high school. In this way, Li Shangyin had to find another way to make a living again. [15]

Evening view of the sunset

In the fifth year of Dazhong (851), Li Shangyin's wife Wang died of illness in the spring and summer. Judging from Li Shangyin's poems, his relationship with Wang is very good. This woman, who came from a wealthy family, has been taking care of her family and supporting her husband for many years. Because Li Shangyin has traveled abroad for many years, the husband and wife have been together less and more separated for a long time, Li Shangyin has a sense of apology for his wife, and the ups and downs on Li Shangyin's career have undoubtedly strengthened this feeling of apology.

In the autumn of the fifth year of Dazhong (851), Liu Zhongying, who had been appointed as the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, sent an invitation to Li Shangyin, hoping that he would accompany him to serve in Sichuan on the southwestern border. Li Shangyin accepted the position of joining the army, and after simply arranging the affairs of his family, Li Shangyin entered Sichuan in November. During the four years he lived in the Zizhou shogunate in Sichuan, Li Shangyin spent most of his time depressed. At one time, he had a great interest in Buddhism, socialized with local monks, donated money to print Buddhist scriptures, and even thought about becoming a monk. Zimu's life was the most uneventful and stable period in Li Shangyin's eunuch career, and Li Shangyin no longer had the heart and power to pursue the success of his career.

In the ninth year of Dazhong (855), Liu Zhongying was transferred back to the capital to serve. Out of care, he arranged a position for Li Shangyin as a salt and iron pusher, although the rank was low, the salary was relatively generous. Li Shangyin worked in this position for two to three years, and after resigning, he returned to his hometown to live idlely.

Li Shangyin because he was in the middle of the Niu Li party dispute, his life was very unwilling, depressed and unhappy, and in the last years of Tang Xuanzong's middle school (about 858), Li Shangyin died of illness in Zhengzhou. [16]

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A roundup of achievements

About 600 of Li Shangyin's poems have been handed down, of which a considerable proportion directly touch on current political themes. Li Shangyin's epic poetry has a high level of achievement. They are by no means disease-free moans of "thinking about the ancient feelings", nor are they different from the poems of the predecessors that they used to reminisce about, but focus on drawing on the lessons of history to refer to political affairs and ridicule the times to supplement them, making Yongshi a special form of political poetry. The untitled poem is Li Shangyin's unique creation. Most of them are based on the theme of love and lovesickness between men and women, the artistic conception should be squinting, the feelings are like turning, the rhetoric is exquisite, the tone is harmonious and beautiful, and it can be sparse and dense, and it is reverberating to read. Li Shangyin's world outlook and education at an early age made him basically belong to the Confucian system, and his attitude towards life was that he was positive about joining the WTO and eager to make a difference. At the same time, he was quite able to think independently, and he disagreed with the preaching that "to learn the Tao must seek the ancients, and to learn the law, there must be a teacher", and even came up with such a bold idea as "what does Confucius have besides morality and righteousness". In terms of poetry creation, he was initially fascinated by Li Heqi's secluded style and the light and beautiful poetry style of the Southern Dynasty, and wrote many poems about love based on them, such as "Yantai", "Heyang", "Hanoi" and so on. When the repeated resignations and slanders showed him the bumps of his life's path, his poems began to express indignation and some criticism of society. At the end of Yamato, the change of manna opened his eyes with a bloody reality, which made him take a big step forward in his thinking and creation. At this time, he wrote poems such as "Two Songs with Feelings" and "Heavy Feelings", which criticized decadent politics quite profoundly and powerfully.

Types of poetry

Chant epic