1. Realism. The members of the school of realism can be traced back to the anonymous authors of realistic poems in The Book of Songs. Anonymous who later created realistic works in Han and Wei Yuefu. Tao Yuanming in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Du Fu and Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty and Lu You in the Song Dynasty can be regarded as leaders in different historical periods. In addition, such as Cai Tan, Wang Su and Chen Lin in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jie Yuan, Liu Zongyuan, Yuan Mo, Zhang Ji, Wang Jian and Li Shen in the Middle Tang Dynasty, Pi Rixiu and Nie in the Late Tang Dynasty, Mei and Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty, Fan Chengda and Yang Wanli in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuan Haowen in the Jin Dynasty, Wang Mian in the Yuan Dynasty and Gao Qi in the Ming Dynasty. Yu Qian, Gu and Wu in Qing Dynasty are all representative realistic poets.
The common characteristics of this school are: it can truly and vividly reflect social life extensively and profoundly; Created a typical character in a typical environment; With concrete and vivid details; On the basis of profound understanding, it has a high degree of generality; Use simpler language and simple painting skills.
2. Romantic school. The members of the Romantic School can be traced back to the anonymous authors of romantic poems in The Book of Songs. Then came Qu Yuan, the first great poet in China, who pushed romantic poetry creation to a peak as early as the Warring States Period. Romantic poets such as Cao Zhi, Zuo Si, Guo Zhen and Bao Zhao appeared in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty was a master of romanticism. After Qu Yuan, he set off a peak of romantic poetry creation. Besides him, there were other outstanding romantic poets in the Tang Dynasty, such as Wang Zhihuan, Wang Changling, Cen Can and Li He. Su Wan and Xin Qiji in Song Dynasty are outstanding representatives of romantic poets. Gong Zizhen in Qing Dynasty was the last romantic poet with certain influence in ancient times.
The common characteristics of this school are: full of enterprising spirit of pursuing ideals; Have an optimistic heroic spirit; Can form a wonderful illusory realm with rich imagination; Often use bold exaggeration and strange metaphors; Full of beautiful and wonderful language.