WRITER

Li Shangyin

813 - 858

Li Shangyin

Li Shangyin (Chinese: 李商隱; pinyin: Lǐ Shāngyǐn, c. 813–858), courtesy name Yishan (Chinese: 義山), was a Chinese poet and politician of the late Tang dynasty, born in the Henei Commandery (now Qinyang, Henan). He is noted for his imagist and "no-title" (Chinese: 無題; pinyin: wútí) poetic style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Li Shangyin has received more than 83,895 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Li Shangyin is the 2,100th most popular writer (up from 2,306th in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from China (up from 582nd in 2019) and the 55th most popular Chinese Writer.

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84k
Page Views (PV)
55.85
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
26
Languages Editions (L)
2.85
Effective Languages (L*)
3.64
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Notable Works

Poems

1965

Li Yishan shi ji jian zhu

1746

Li Yishan shi ji ji ping

1870

Li Yishan shi ji

1659

Li Shangyin quan ji

1999

Li Shangyin shi xuan (Zhongguo gu dian wen xue du ben cong shu)

1986

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Li Shangyin ranks 2,100 out of 7,302. Before him are Yoshida Kenkō, Hamdallah Mustawfi, C. W. Ceram, Constantine Manasses, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, and Anne Golon. After him are Fred Uhlman, Marthe Bibesco, James Hilton, François Coppée, Terry Brooks, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

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Yoshida Kenkō
1283 - 1350
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,094
Hamdallah Mustawfi
1281 - 1349
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,095
C. W. Ceram
1915 - 1972
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,096
Constantine Manasses
1130 - 1187
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,097
Abu Hamid al-Gharnati
1080 - 1170
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,098
Anne Golon
1921 - 2017
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,099
Li Shangyin
813 - 858
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,100
Fred Uhlman
1901 - 1985
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,101
Marthe Bibesco
1886 - 1973
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,102
James Hilton
1900 - 1954
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,103
François Coppée
1842 - 1908
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,104
Terry Brooks
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 2,105
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1919 - 2021
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,106

Contemporaries

Among people born in 813, Li Shangyin ranks 2. Before him is Theophilos. Among people deceased in 858, Li Shangyin ranks 5. Before him are Pope Benedict III, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Kenneth MacAlpin, and Emperor Montoku. After him is Sedulius Scottus.