Su Shi's innovation in Ci is mainly reflected in those aspects.

The technique of "taking poetry as ci" is the main weapon for Su Shi to change the style of ci, that is, transplanting the expressive technique of poetry into ci, breaking through the restriction and restraint of music on ci, and turning ci from an accessory of music into an independent lyric style.

is a great expansion of ci poetry, which injected a lot of new blood into the soft ci poetry style with narrow and weak content at that time, and made ci poetry have a wide range of themes, diverse styles, enhanced artistic expression and a brand-new artistic style, thus greatly enhancing the vitality of ci poetry.

the influence of meaning

Su Shi's innovation of Ci is a completely conscious action, which makes Ci stand in the field of Ci in the Northern Song Dynasty with a brand-new look. Its significance lies in changing the old tradition of ci, increasing the content of ci, enriching the style of ci, and promoting the development of ci into an independent lyric style. This kind of innovation in Ci has an indelible merit in the history of Ci.

It goes without saying that "taking poetry as ci" has weakened and diminished the artistic individuality of ci, alienated the physical characteristics of ci in the Tang, Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty, and it is a return of ci to the characteristics of poetry to some extent. However, it finally represents a new development trend of ci. At the same time, Huang Tingjian, Chao Buzhi, Li Zhiyi, He Zhu and others.

All his ci poems have a poetic tendency to some extent, and they are allies in the innovation of his ci style. Later, Zhu Dunru, Zhang Yuangan, Zhang Xiaoxiang and other poets inherited this tradition, which made "Poetry as Ci" continue and pass on. In Lu You's time, "taking poetry as ci" has become the main theme of ci.