中英雙語話中國歷史名人 第51期:李商隱
Li Shangyin (810/813~858), also known as Li Yishan, was a Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, born in Henei (now Qinyang, Henan Province).
李商隱,(810/813 ~858)，又叫李義山，晚唐詩人，河內(今河南沁陽)人。
Along with Li He, he was much admired and "rediscovered" in the 20th century by the young Chinese writers for the imagist quality of his poems.
李商隱和李賀因爲他們的詩歌具有意象派特質而被20世紀的中國年輕作家重新發現，並備受仰慕。
He is particularly famous for his tantalizing "no title" poems.
李商隱尤以其獨道的“無題”詩聞名。
Li had a moderately successful career in the imperial civil service, although he never obtained a high position, either because of factional disputes, or because of his association with Liu Fen, a prominent opponent of the eunuchs.
儘管李商隱從未做過高官，他的官運還是比較順利的。李商隱未能做高官的原因要麼是派系鬥爭，要麼是他與宦官們的勁敵劉芬有牽連。
Li was a typical Late Tang poet: his works are sensuous, dense and allusive.
李商隱是典型的晚唐詩人:他的作品敏感、晦澀、含沙射影。
The latter quality makes adequate translation extremely difficult.
後者讓我們很難給他的作品做出恰當的翻譯。
The political, biographical or philosophical implications supposed to be contained in some of his poems have been a subject of debate for many centuries in China.
人們認爲李商隱的一些作品具有政治性、傳記性和哲學性的含意，這此含意已經在中國爭論了好幾百年。
His most famous and cryptic poem is called "Jin Se" (the title is only taken from the first two characters of the poem, thus also a “no title” poem), which consists of 56 characters and a string of images.
李商隱最著名的、含意最模糊的詩是《錦瑟》(題爲該詩前兩個字，所以也是“無題”詩)。這首詩共有56個字，由一連串的意象構成。
His "no title" poems are regarded as "pure poetry" by some modern critics.
李商隱的“無題”詩被一些現代批評家看作“純詩”。
Although more famous for his sensuous poems, Li indeed wrote in many styles.
儘管李商隱更以敏感詩著稱，他也確實寫過不少風格的詩。
He can be satirical, humorous, or sentimental.
李商隱可以諷刺，可以幽默，可以感傷。
Moreover, some ancient critics hold that he is the only poet who, in some of his poems, succeeds in imitating the masculine quality of Du Fu's works.
而且，一些古代批評家認爲，李商隱是唯一的成功地模仿了杜甫詩作的陽性美的詩人。
