JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div>
<p id="hello">Hello World</p>
<li class="lick">hello i am li</li>
<a href="#">heello i am a</a>
<p class="clickme">click</p>
</div>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.clickme').on('click',function(){
alert($(this).prevUntil($('li.lick')).html());
});
});