In the Song Dynasty, cities and towns were prosperous and citizens’ lives were rich and colorful. Many graceful poems with a strong urban flavor emerged. The most representative poet is Liu Yong, a poet from the Northern Song Dynasty. There is even a saying that "anywhere with well water can sing Liu's poems".
Liu Yong (about 984-about 1053), whose original name was Sanbian and whose courtesy name was Jingzhuang, was later renamed Liu Yong and whose courtesy name was Qiqing. Because he was ranked seventh, he was also called Liu Qi. He was a native of Chong'an, Fujian. , a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty and a representative of the Graceful School.
Liu Yong was the first poet to comprehensively innovate Song poetry, and he was also the poet who created the most lyrics in the Song Dynasty. Liu Yong vigorously created slow poetry, transplanting the descriptive method of telling the story into the poetry, and at the same time making full use of slang and common sayings, with unique artistic characteristics such as popular imagery, vivid narration, and plain white description, he greatly influenced the development of Song poetry. Had a profound impact.