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.
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“Leave the withered lotus to hear the patter of rain.”
(zh-CN) 留得残荷听雨声。
As quoted in Dream of the Red Chamber (c. 1760) by Cao Xueqin, ch. 40, translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang in A Dream of Red Mansions, Vol. II (Foreign Languages Pr., 1978), p. 1129
