Liu Xie and Zhong Rong opposed the poetic style of formalism in the Southern Dynasties and once held high the tradition of "Bi Xing". Wang Bo opposed the style of court poetry before and after The Dragon, and accused them of being "spineless and lifeless". Chen Ziang inherited their thoughts, pointedly pointed out that the poetic style of Qi Liang worshipped by the court poets in the early Tang Dynasty was "colorful but not vulgar", and pointed out that the glorious traditions of "elegance and vulgarity" and "Han Wei style" were pioneer examples of creation, which realized the real innovation of poetry content under the banner of advocating retro.
The essence of "good luck" is to require poetry to carry forward the tradition of criticizing reality and has a distinct political tendency. The essence of "style" requires poetry to have noble and rich thoughts and feelings and rich and substantial realistic content.
He wrote 38 "Feelings", which broke away from the poetic style of Qi Liang and the early Tang Dynasty and put his literary theory into practice. "Youzhou Tower" laments the generosity and desolation of talent, and is a swan song. These excellent works have made great contributions to correcting the legacy of Liang and Chen in the early Tang Dynasty and enlightening the poetic style in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Chen Ziang is regarded as the pioneer of poetry innovation in the early Tang Dynasty and has a high position in the history of literature.
In the famous Preface to the Pearl Show, Chen Ziang put forward a positive view of poetic innovation, criticized those palace-style poems that showed pornography, and emphasized the romantic literary sentiment of "vigorous and vigorous, frustrated in voice and emotion".