Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow and Du Mu's Bo Qinhuai are representative poems.
This poem named "Ode to Historical Poems" began in Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ban Gu's poem "Ode to History" is a book about historical facts, and Zhong Rong rated it as "no words". Since then, scholars have also written poems about history. During the period of Cao Wei, RoyceWong and Ruan Ji wrote epic poems, while Cao Zhi wrote three virtues poems. At the same time as Zuo Si, Zhang Xie also wrote a poem "Ode to History".
However, since the beginning of Bangu's epic, it has generally been "hidden here without embellishment", and the author's intention can be seen in the objective retelling of historical events. However, Zuo Si's Ode to Historical Poems is influenced by the predecessors, and it is also innovative.
Specifically, most of Zuo Si's poems are self-expression, which created a new creative way to express his feelings by chanting history and became an example for future generations to follow. This is Zuo Si's unique contribution to the history of China's poetry, and Chen Ruoming once commented that it is "the unity of creation and Millennium". The content of Zuo Si's poem "Ode to History" mainly expresses the injustice of the poor scholars and their contempt and struggle against the gentry, such as "the depression at the bottom of the valley is loose, and the seedlings are far away from the mountains, hundreds of feet away."
The world stands tall and handsome, and he sinks to his present position. Another example is "Wan Li is full of clothes and strength", which can best show the spirit of thinking about things. Zhong Rong's Poems put Zuo Si in the top grade, commenting on his poetic day: "The literary canon is bitter, quite refined, and it is satirical."
His poems are based on historical facts, so they are "classic"; Borrowing the past to satirize the present, he is critical of real politics, so he "complains" in Japan; However, it can be profound and appropriate to borrow the ancient to satirize the present, so the day is "fine"; His poems can play an ironic role, so the Japanese "get their satire". In a word, Zuo Si's epic is vigorous, emotional and magnificent, with the characteristics of positive romanticism. They are called "Zuo Si Li Feng" and have the meaning of reappearing Jian 'an figures.
Judging from the sequence of epic poems, it can be said that those who "include the original biography" are positive, and those who "express their thoughts" are "different essays". However, the achievements of Zuo Si's "variant" far exceed those of his predecessors.