He was a controversial poet of the Tang Dynasty, and one of his poems exhorting people to cherish grain was well known to children, and he was once known as the "Poet of Compassion for Farmers". However, he lived in the official field and later became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and his life was luxurious because of this, and he was criticized by many poets, and he was the Tang Dynasty poet Li Sheng. Putting aside the extravagance of life, Li Shen's poems are worth savoring. Today, we will enjoy the ten poems of this famous poet li shen of the Tang Dynasty, putting aside the luxury of his later life, and from the perspective of poetry alone, it is still worthy of further study by future generations.
With a song "Mercy Farmer" to make his name famous, he also left a strong mark in the political arena. In his body, it can reflect the realization of the ultimate ideal of official eunuchs by a reader, which is inseparable from his own talent and acquired efforts. Li Shen was born into a declining family, his great-grandfather was Li Jingxuan, but he lost his father at an early age and was raised by his widowed mother. His mother was well aware of the importance of reading, and cultivated Li Shen's interest in reading from an early age, and Li Shen did not disappoint his mother, he was full of thirst for knowledge. The descendants of the Li family, following the family style of hard reading, have been ups and downs for many years, and the kung fu has paid off, and Li Shen has finally entered the army.
Judging from Li Sheng's career as an official, his qualities of loyalty and courage to speak out are still worthy of admiration. Whether he was an official in the capital or a local government, Li Shen kept in mind his family training, maintained the side of Geng Jie, and cared for the people of Li, which was the same quality as his great-grandfather Li Jingxuan. However, in the treacherous official arena, Li Sheng's character of daring to speak out made Li Shen suffer a lot, so he was inevitably ostracized, resulting in his official eunuch career not being smooth. According to records, Li Shen dared to stand up and break the net with dissident mermaids, and at the same time expressed his fiery loyalty to the Li Tang Dynasty, which is worthy of praise and praise.
During the Middle Tang Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of Xinlefu poems emerged in the poetry world, known in history as the "Xinlefu Movement", the initiators of this movement were Yuan Shu and Bai Juyi, but the initiator was Li Sheng. From the existing poems, it is not difficult to find that Li Shen did not write poems for the sake of literature, many poems are denouncing social ills, keenly aware of the faults of current politics, reflecting the sufferings of the people, and the shortcomings of acupuncture, which shows that Li Gentry is writing for the people and doing things, not moaning without illness. This kind of poetry was made by Li Shen in the first few years before he entered the official field, and it is also to let the authorities see the suffering of the people, on the one hand, it can be considered that Li Shen is for the country and the people, on the other hand, it is also a political attitude made in order to be promoted as soon as possible.
According to historical records, Li Sheng's place as an official is many, because he was killed by adulterers in the government and the public, and such an encounter must have been affected spiritually, and many poems embody a sad atmosphere and a nostalgia for his hometown. He records events, writes scenes and writes, and at the same time lyrically, which is a portrayal of his life's official eunuchs and the embodiment of his mental journey. In addition, with his bumpy career and ups and downs of official property, Li Shen inevitably had a sigh of aging, and this emotion was also reflected in some of his poems. And because after the Anshi Rebellion, it was difficult for the Li Tang Dynasty to restore prosperity, and various social shortcomings were revealed, as a literati, he paid attention to the security of the country and made his poems have a regrettable meaning.
Even after leaving the imperial court and serving as a local official, Li Shen was still framed, expressing an attitude of grievance in the poems, coupled with physical aging, there was no energy to cope, and the sigh of whiteness and decline would be reflected in the poems in his later years. Li Shen also has some of the poems of the exchange of travel and singing, he is a good friend of Yuan Shu and Bai Juyi, and he is a poet in the same camp, and there are many poems they give each other, which can also show that the poet's works have a wide range of themes and diverse forms, and they have a certain status in the poetry circle of the Tang Dynasty at that time.
Speaking of Li Sheng's character, he was poor when he was young, so he could write poems that have been passed down through the ages to make people cherish grain. However, after becoming an official, the concept of aversion to waste was somewhat diluted, and it is said that he likes to eat chicken tongue, so he has to kill 300 chickens every time he eats this dish, which shows how luxurious it is. Therefore, this move is unanimously criticized by many famous artists. However, if we look at Li Sheng's poems from the perspective of poetry alone, they are still worthy of appreciation by future generations. Today, we will enjoy Li Sheng's ten masterpieces together, understand his life, experience his spirit, and feel his life experiences.