Xie Lingyun is studious, well-read and good at writing articles. His poems are as famous as Yan Yanzhi's, and are called "Xie Yan", which initiated the school of landscape poetry in the history of China literature. He is also proficient in history and good at calligraphy. He has translated foreign Buddhist scriptures and written The Book of Jin. Le Kang Collection compiled by Ming Metabolism.
The landscape poetry initiated by Xie Lingyun introduced natural beauty into poetry, making landscape an independent aesthetic object. His creation not only liberated poetry from Hyunri, but also strengthened the artistic skills and expressive force of poetry, which influenced the poetic style of a generation. Most of his landscape poems were written after he was appointed as the magistrate of Yongjia. These poems vividly and meticulously describe the natural scenery of Yongjia, Huiji and Lipeng Lake in rich and delicate language. Its main feature is fresh and beautiful. For example, "The Biography of Southern History Yan Yanzhi" said: "Yan tried to ask Bao Zhao for good or ill luck with his spiritual fate, saying,' Thank you for being the first lotus; If your poem is embroidered with brocade, it will be full of eyes. "In addition, Tang Huixiu said that" if the water is hibiscus, the face is like gold "; Zhong Rong said that Xie Shi "famous articles and famous sentences abound; Li Dian made a new sound and rushed to the meeting "; Xiao Gang also said: "If you thank the guests, you should naturally thank them. "
"Out of the water hibiscus" is the lotus just out of the water. This idiom was originally used to describe the freshness of poetry, and later it was often used to describe the beauty of women.