According to the "Siku Synopsis", "Poet's Jade Chips" was written around the time of Zhao You (1265-1274), Duzong of the Southern Song Dynasty. However, at the front of the book, Huang Sheng wrote it in Chunyou Jiachen (1265-1274). 1244), it stands to reason that there is no preface twenty years before the book was written. Therefore, "Poet's Jade Chips" should be dated to Lizong Chunyou's reign. The objects of its commentary range from the Book of Songs and Songs of Chu to various schools of thought in the Southern Song Dynasty. Volumes 1 to 11 discuss poetic techniques, genres, rhythms and expression methods. Volumes 12 and later comment on specific writers and works after the Han Dynasty. It collects various essays and talks about poetry by various scholars in the two Song Dynasties. Nowadays, many books are difficult to find, but "Poet's Jade Chips" has preserved a lot of important information for us. Wei Qingzhi's compilation is not to copy and excerpt large sections, but to "complement the poetry". Based on his own views on poetry theory, he categorizes poetry styles and methods, arranges them into volumes, and infiltrates His views on the formation, genre, rhythm and historical poetry of poetry.
Kuan Yongben wrote an inscription at the end of the volume of "Poet's Jade Chips": "There are many people who have discussed poetry in ancient times, but they have not been compiled in this way. This is because every word and every sentence comes from the heart of Jin, scattered like jade. "Scraps are a guide for those who really learn poetry." Wei Qingzhi extensively read the poems and short notes written by poets, picked out those that were helpful to the way of poetry, and compiled them into pieces. Just like digging for gold in the sand, these little scraps of jade are all from brocade. Heart, this is the origin of the name "Poet's Jade Chip".