Why are most of Li Shangyin s poems called Untitled ?

Most of Li Shangyin's poems are untitled, because Li Shangyin's style of writing poems is hazy, and the artistic conception of writing poems is also relatively obscure, so most of the titles are untitled.

Li Shangyin is a representative of hazy poetry, many of the poems he wrote are very obscure, expressing the meaning but not easily let people see, the general title is either too obvious or does not express his original meaning, so many of his poems use "Untitled".

Li Shangyin's untitled poem refers to the part of Li Shangyin's composition"Untitled"Poems named and titled with the first two words of the poem. Therefore, there are many reasons for untitled, both personal and social environment, both the reasons for not being able to express one's artistic conception with a short title, and the reasons for being forced by historical and political circumstances.

Untitled and untitled, literally there is no title, although the content of Li Shangyin's poem is written, but the title does not know which concise words to use to express the general content.

First, he wrote poems to record the mood of a certain moment, which may be a fleeting little bit of inspiration, but it inspired his poetry. At this time, he didn't know what to call the poem, because it was really difficult to summarize, so he simply didn't choose a name.

The second is that he may not want the reader to know or associate with his hidden experiences, after all, the subject can be understood most of the time.

When the book is used, I hate it less!!

Personally, I don't think he can come up with a better name, or maybe he thinks the topic is good, so he uses Untitled.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the title of each poem is completely decided by the poet, and Li Shangyin has so many titles called "Untitled", which are also chosen by herself, which she thinks is very poetic.

In his lifetime, there are fifteen poems named after "Untitled", is it because of laziness? In fact, this is Li Shangyin's original writing technique in order to express his heart.

Li Shangyin's "untitled" poems are not only mysterious and unpredictable, but also somewhat tragic. This is inseparable from what happened to him in his childhood and life. Li Shangyin is a member of the royal family, and he has mentioned this identity many times in his poems.

But because he is only a non-side-by-side relative of the royal family.

Untitled is full of mystery

Most of Li Shangyin's poems titled "Untitled" are melodious, affectionate, and beautifully written. In addition, he is particularly fond of using historical allusions and comparisons in his poems, so there will be particularly obscure plots in his poems.

And Li Shangyin has never expressed his mood and background motivation at that time, which makes this poem full of mystery. Especially in the late Tang Dynasty, the decadence of the imperial court, the eunuchs in power and other factors put the entire dynasty in a social crisis. Most of the literati around Li Shangyin lived a life of drinking to drown their sorrows and being drunk with money, and the poems and essays they made were all vassal and elegant works.

But Li Shangyin's untitled poems are different, expressing a rich imagination and vitality.

Because Li Shangyin did not write the title when he wrote the poem, but directly wrote the poem. When later generations printed Li Shangyin's poems, they could only add an untitled in front of his poems.

It is related to the social environment at the time, and it is also a way to protect oneself in order to cause unnecessary trouble.

Because the meaning of his poems is relatively hazy, and some emotional or political matters are inconvenient to say clearly, and it is difficult to name them. That's why it's untitled. Let the reader experience for themselves.

This is because many of Li Shangyin's topics were written on the fly, so the titles have not yet been formulated, so many such topics have appeared.

Because in ancient times, many poets wrote poems that were improvised, so there was no temporary title, and they could only be replaced by "Untitled".

Because he felt that although many poems were written, the titles were difficult to express some of the central ideas in the poems, so he didn't have them.

Li Shangyin's Untitled Writing Background:

In the Tang Dynasty, people admired Taoism and believed in Taoism. When Li Shangyin was fifteen or sixteen years old, he was sent by his family to Yuyang Mountain to learn Taoism. During this period, he met and fell in love with Song Huayang, the daughter of the Lingdu Guannu of Yuyang Mountain, but the relationship between the two could not be known to outsiders, and the author's heart was surging with irrepressible love, so he could only remember the love with poetry and hide the topic.

As a result, the poem seems both hazy and graceful, but also affectionate and infinite. According to research, there are 20 poems written by Li Shangyin with the title of "Untitled", most of which are love poems about the relationship between the two of them. One of the most famous is "Untitled: It's Hard to Say Goodbye When We Meet".

Original text: The phoenix tail is thin and heavy, and the Biwen dome is deep at night. The fan cut the moon and was embarrassed, and the thunder of the car did not make sense. It was once lonely and dark, and there was no news of garnet red. The spotted horse is only tied to the weeping poplar bank, where the southwest is good wind.

Translation: Ayara with phoenix tail patterns is thin and heavy; The dome of the blue stripes, I rushed to sew it late at night. That encounter was too late to cover it up with a fan; But you drove by, speechless.

I once couldn't sleep because of loneliness, and I thought of even more candles; But there is no news from you, wait until the pomegranate is red. Maybe you're on the weeping poplar bank, tethered to a zebra horse; How can you wait, send to your southwest wind.