Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Li Shangyin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Chinese poet Li Shangyin.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Li Shangyin, courtesy name Yishan, was a Chinese poet and politician of the late Tang dynasty, born in the Henei Commandery. He is noted for the imagist quality of his poems and his "no title" style of poetry. Li Shangyin has been frequently anthologized, and many of his poems have been translated into various languages, including several collections in English.

Chinese - Poet | 813 - 858

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One inch of love is an inch of ashes.

Li Shangyin

The breeze and the dew make tranquil the clear dawn; Behind the curtain there is one who alone is up betimes. The orioles sing and the flowers smile - Whose then, after all, is the Spring?

Li Shangyin

Feeling indisposed towards the evening, I drove up the ancient plains. The setting sun is unspeakably beautiful, Only it is approaching nightfall.

Li Shangyin