Li Zhiyi (1048～1117) was a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name is Uncle Duan, and his nickname is Guxi layman and Guxi old farmer. Han nationality, from Wudi (Qingyun County), Cangzhou. Zhezong Yuanyou was the editor of the Privy Council at the beginning, and he was responsible for judging Yuanzhou. At the end of Yuanyou's reign, he followed Su Shi in the Dingzhou shogunate and advocated rewards day and night. In the incense and medicine storehouse of Yuanfu Zhongjian, Shi Yu, the imperial censor, accused him of being a staff member of Su Shi and was not allowed to serve as a Beijing official, so he was suspended. Huizong Chongning first promoted Changping, Hedong. Later, because he offended the powerful Cai Jing, he was removed from the administration of Taiping Prefecture (today's Dangtu, Anhui). Later, he was pardoned and reinstated, and he lived in Dangtu in his later years. He is the author of one volume of "Guxi Ci", 50 volumes of "Guxi layman's first collection" and two volumes of "Guxi inscriptions and postscripts".
