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"What Li Shangyins poems are about I cannot determine. I cannot even explain the literal meaning line by line. Yet I feel they are beautiful, and when I read them, they give me a new kind of pleasure in my mind."
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Li Shangyin君问归期未有期，巴山夜雨涨秋池。 — Li Shangyin
"君问归期未有期，巴山夜雨涨秋池。 何当共剪西窗烛，却话巴山夜雨时。"
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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 his imagist and "no-title" poetic style. Li has been frequently anthologized, and many of his poems have been translated into various languages, including several collections in English.