Interpretation of ancient literature by ordinal names in Mao's poems.

(1) Preface to Mao's Poems is the first poetic monograph in ancient China. According to legend, the preface to The Biography of Shi Mao written by the Han people, with the title Guanju, is the best in the country. It not only explains Guan Ju's creative theme, but also summarizes his poetic theory and puts forward many basic literary principles.

(2) Based on the theory of pre-Qin Confucianism and Confucian scholars at that time, some theoretical principles of Confucian literary theory such as the essence, social function, genre and expression form of poetry were put forward.

(3) Preface to Mao's Poems had a wide and far-reaching influence on the literary thought and creation of the Han Dynasty and even the whole feudal society.