The word "poet" existed in the Warring States period. How to prove it? "Nine Comments on Chu Ci" notes: "I am eager for the poet's legacy and would like to rely on vegetarian food." It can be seen that early poets focused on expressing their feelings. "Zhengzitong" notes: "Qu Yuan is a poet because he is a dissolute and his writing is worrying." This is the earliest formulation of the word "poet" Since then, "poet" has become a noun used by Han people. After the rise of Ci Fu, the word "Ci" came into being. Yang Xiong's "Fa Wu Yan Zi Pian" said: "The poet's ceremony is just, and his words are beautiful and obscene." Distinguishing poets by "Ze" and "Yin" shows that in the Han Dynasty, "Poet" was regarded as noble and "Poet" as lowly.
Now "poet" and "poet" are equal.
After the Six Dynasties, the society attached great importance to ci and fu, and thought that poetry could not go up and fu could not go down, so the word "poet" came into being. From the Warring States to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the appellation of "poet" and "poet" has always been respected by people.