Pi Rixiu (Chinese: 皮日休; pinyin: Pí Rìxiū; Wade–Giles: P'i Jih-hsiu; ca.
His courtesy names were Yishao (逸少) and Ximei (袭美), and he wrote under the pen name Lumenzi (鹿门子).
Pi was born at Xiangyang, in modern Hubei Province.
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 of Jinshi.
Later, he participated in the defeat of the Huang Chao's rebellion, and subsequently retired in southern China.