Yuefu poetry occupies a large proportion in Yuan poetry. Yuan Zhen's Twelve Poems of Yuefu with New Topics by Li School and Li Yu's Poems of Ancient Yuefu (19) are both listed as Yuefu of Yuan Poetry, which has the meaning of allegory and everlasting regret. Its details describe beauty and nature. The most distinctive poems in Yuan Dynasty are colourful poems and mourning poems.
Yuan Zhen also made some achievements in prose and legend. He was the first person to write letters in ancient Chinese, which made his handwriting beautiful and imitated by others. His Biography of Yingying (also known as Hui Zhenji) tells the tragic love story between Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying, with beautiful writing and meticulous description, which is a famous piece in tang legends. Later generations of drama writers created many dramas with story characters as their themes, such as Dong Jieyuan's The West Chamber and Wang Shifu's The West Chamber in Yuan Dynasty. Yuan Zhen compiled his own poems and collected them with friends. Today, Chen Yinque has Poems, Bian has Chronicle of Yuan Zhen, Zhou has Collation of Yuan Zhen and Yuan Zhen.
Yuan Zhen admired Du Fu's poems, and his poetic theory changed from Du Fu to Du Fu. In a simple and vivid way, it presents gorgeous beauty, strong colors, tortuous plots and vivid details. It is the same as Liu Meng's and Li Yu's 19 ancient Yuefu poems, and it is also listed as Yuefu in Yuan Zhen, which is similar to the Song of Eternal Sorrow. He is good at writing the love between men and women, and his description is meticulous and vivid, which is different from the description of ordinary colourful poems. Mourning poems were written in memory of his wife, Wei Cong. Among them, three mourning poems are the most widely circulated. In the form of poetry, Yuan Zhen is the founder of "paying with rhyme". "Appreciating Lotte" in Hanlin's Appreciating Bai Xueshi and Southeast Poems is to reuse the original rhyme of white poems in turn, with the same rhyme but different meanings. This practice of "paying for two rhymes" had a great influence at that time, and it was also prone to abuse.
Yuefu poetry plays an important role in Yuan poetry. His Twelve Poems of Yuefu, a New Title of School Texts, and The One Who Worries Especially When Sick, inspired the creation of New Yuefu, which has certain practical significance. The disadvantage is that the theme is not focused enough and the image is not clear enough. As well as Liu Meng's and Li Yu's 19 ancient Yuefu poems, we can use ancient poems to create new meanings, with profound themes, concentrated descriptions and powerful performances. The long narrative poem Lian Chang Gong Ci was also classified as Yuefu in Yuan Dynasty, which was intended to contain irony. He is good at writing the love between men and women, and his description is meticulous and vivid, which is different from the description of ordinary colourful poems. Mourning poems were written in memory of his wife, Wei Cong. Among them, three mourning poems are the most widely circulated. In the form of poetry, Yuan Zhen is the founder of "paying with rhyme". "Appreciating Lotte" in Hanlin's Appreciating Bai Xueshi and Southeast Poems is to reuse the original rhyme of white poems in turn, with the same rhyme but different meanings. This practice of "paying for two rhymes" had a great influence at that time, and it was also prone to abuse. Yuan Zhen compiled his own poems and collected them with friends. This anthology, Changqing Collection of Yuanshi County, contains poems, edicts, remonstrances, etc. *** 100 volumes. For the deeds, see Biography of Old and New Books of Tang Dynasty.