On the differences between Yuefu poems in Han Dynasty and The Book of Songs, Chuci and Tang poems.

Yuefu poetry refers to the poems collected, preserved and handed down by the imperial Yuefu system in Han Dynasty or the music management organ equivalent to Yuefu function, which is a popular tune with Chu sound as the main theme. The prevalence of phonation in Han dynasty played a catalytic role in the production of a large number of three-character and seven-character poems. Its authors cover all levels from emperors to civilians, some from temples and some from the people. Yuefu poetry is a new poetic style that can be sung with music in the literary history of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, and it is a new poetic style after The Book of Songs and Songs of the South. The appearance of Yuefu narrative poems in Han Dynasty marked the maturity of China's ancient narrative poems.

Yuefu poetry, the Book of Songs, Chuci and Tang poetry are all ancient poems. The style of classical poetry is handed down from the previous generation, so it is also called archaism. It has three carriers: songs, lines and intonation. Classical poetry is free in meter, without antithesis, even in level, wide in rhyme and unlimited in length. There are four words, five words, six words, seven words and miscellaneous sentences. The forms and styles of Tang poetry are colorful and innovative. It not only inherited the tradition of Han and Wei folk songs and Yuefu, but also greatly developed the singing style. It pushed the artistic features of China's classical poetry, such as harmonious syllables and refined words, to an unprecedented height, and found a typical form for ancient lyric poetry. Tang poetry marks the peak of China's classical poetry.