They were all civil servants in the pavilion at that time, famous for writing imperial books and tablets of dignitaries. After the Yuan Dynasty entered the middle period of the dynasty, the official respected Confucianism, resumed the imperial examination, and the social culture was further "sinicized". In this context, the poetry circle at this time has a taste of "the voice of the prosperous times", and its main representatives are Yu Ji, Yang Zai, Fan Yi and Gillis, who are called "Yuan Sijia".
Four poets are the most important embodiment of Yan You's poetic style, and they are also considered as the most representative poets in Yuan Dynasty. Their poems typically reflected the popular literary concepts and fashions at that time, so they were praised by people at that time. The poems of these four poets are similar in subject matter and content as well as in art. Hu Yinglin, an Amin poet, commented on the characteristics of poetry style in this period, saying, "They are all vigorous and graceful, with a moderate pace. However, the style sound is the same for everyone, probably because there are more modes and fewer innovative rules. It is impossible to draw algae by the Song Dynasty. "
Introduction of works
1, Yu Ji: author of 50 volumes of Ancient Records of Daoyuan Studies and 6 volumes of Daoyuan Heritage. Yuan Qu Xuan contains 383 poems by Yu Ji, and only one of the Sanqu is Zhegui Ling.
2. Yang Zai Xiang: Yang Zai Xiang's poetic style is vigorous and powerful, which is mainly reflected in his seven-character rhythm poems, while his rhythm poems are good at harmony and grace. He is the author of eight volumes of Poems of Yang.
3. Jaggers: Jaggers' poems are good at beauty, while some works are unpretentious. For example, "Autumn Goose": "Cold warms the south of the Yangtze River, and hunger fills the south. Jiangnan should not be evil, and Jiangnan must be good. " This poem is a rare satire in the mid-Yuan Dynasty, which alludes to the behavior of Mongolian rulers who plundered the wealth of southerners while discriminating against them.
4. Fan Yi: He wrote 20 volumes of Ran Yan and Oriental, and later generations compiled two books: Poems of Fan and Forbidden Words of Tian Mu.