Pi Rixiu (Chinese:皮日休;pinyin:Pí Rìxiū;Wade–Giles:P'i Jih-hsiu; ca. 834 – 883) was aTang dynastypoet. Hiscourtesy names wereYishao (逸少) andXimei (袭美), and he wrote under thepen nameLumenzi (鹿门子). Pi was a contemporary of poetLu Guimeng; these two poets are often referred to as Pi-Lu.

Pi was born atXiangyang, in modernHubei Province. He is thought to have been of humble birth. He spent his youth traveling and writing: his verse was well known by the time he sat for the civil service examination^[1] in 867, when he obtained a degree ofJinshi. After traveling toSuzhou in 868, he became Suzhou magistrate in 869. Later, he participated in the defeat of theHuang Chao's rebellion, and subsequently retired in southern China.

• Qian, Zhonglian,"Pi Rixiu".Encyclopedia of China (Chinese Literature Edition), 1st ed.
• Complete Works of Pi Rixiu
• Books of theQuan Tangshi that include collected poems of Pi Rixiu at theChinese Text Project:
  • Book 608,Book 609,Book 610,
  • Book 611,Book 612,Book 613,
  • Book 614,Book 615,Book 616
• Pʻi Jih-hsiu (William H. Nienhauser, Jr., 1979)

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