Lǐ Pín 李頻 (?–876, zì Déxīn 德新), of Shòuchāng 壽昌 (modern Zhèjiāng Jiàndé). Jìnshì of Dàzhōng 8 (854); appointed Mìshūláng; rose through provincial appointments to Jiànzhōu cìshǐ (prefect of Jiànzhōu, modern Fújiàn Jiànōu), where he died in office. The local population, grateful for his administration, established a shrine to him on Mt. Lí 黎山, eventually elevated to yuè (sacred-mountain) status — hence the title Líyuè jí of his transmitted collection.
Lǐ was the son-in-law of Yáo Hé 姚合 姚合, but his verse style is distinct from the Wǔgōng tǐ. The post-mortem cult on Mt. Lí — sustained for centuries with periodic imperial-decree validation — is the unusual aspect of his afterlife. Wáng Shìzhēn (late Míng) commented that “of poets who became gods, none more conspicuous than Pín.”
Principal work in the corpus: Líyuè jí KR4c0082 in 1 juǎn + fùlù 1 juǎn; the fùlù preserves the cult’s stele inscriptions and imperial decrees. CBDB id 93080 gives ?–876.