The poems of Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties in this period were called the "conscious period" of literature by Lu Xun. His main achievements in poetry are: five-character poems have developed from formation to prosperity, seven-character poems have developed from origin to initial development, and the genre of miscellaneous poems and short poems of five, seven and four sentences has also matured. The new prosodic theory was gradually applied to poetry creation, which laid the foundation for the development of modern prosodic poetry after the Tang Dynasty. Literary criticism, including poetry criticism, has also achieved unprecedented development and prosperity. Besides Cao Pi's Dian Lun Wen and Lu Ji's Wen Fu, Liu Xie's Wen Xin Diao Long has many chapters devoted to poetry, and Zhong Rong's Shi Pin is a systematic monograph on poetry.
When printing Yuefu poems in Han Dynasty, the achievement of poetry was not high, and the achievement of writing poetry was even worse. Relatively speaking, the level of folk Yuefu poems is relatively high.
"Yuefu" was originally the name of a musical organ established in the Han Dynasty. It was established by the rulers in the early Han Dynasty to improve the system of red leaves and rites and music. Its task is not only to compose poems praised by literati into music scores, but also to collect folk songs from all over the country. "So there are Zhao Chaozhi, Qin Chu's wind, is sad for joy, is because of things. It is also impressive and knows its clouds. " In the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties, people used to call the poems originally called "Song Poetry" collected by Yuefu organs in the Han Dynasty Yuefu was renamed as a poetic style.