Li Shen

Li Shen (772-846) was a Han nationality from Bozhou (now Anhui). He was born in Wucheng (now Huzhou, Zhejiang) and grew up in Wuxi, Runzhou (now Jiangsu). The word Gongchui. At the age of 27, he passed the Jinshi examination and became an assistant to Guozi. He had close friendships with Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi. The most shining part of his life was poetry. He was a participant in the New Yuefu Movement that had a huge impact on literary history. He wrote 20 pieces of "New Titles of Yuefu", which have been lost. He is the author of two poems "Compassion for Farmers": "It is noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping on the soil. Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is hard work." The popularity of moxibustion is known to all women and children, and has been passed down through the ages. "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" contains four volumes of his poems. ► 205 poems