The Southern Dynasties is an important period in the history of China's poetry. Shen Deqian in Qing Dynasty said in "Talking about Poetry": "By the time of Song Dynasty, the melody gradually faded, the melody was wide open, and the poem was transported once." Different from the poets in Wei and Jin Dynasties, the poets in Southern Dynasties paid more attention to sensory enjoyment and pursued the perfection and beauty of artistic forms. Liang Xiao-zixian said, "Don't seek innovation and change, don't be the first" (Biography of Southern Qi Literature), which is a theoretical summary of this trend of seeking innovation and change. The landscape poetry initiated by Xie Lingyun introduced natural beauty into poetry, making landscape an independent aesthetic object. His creation not only liberated poetry from Hyunri, but also strengthened the artistic skills and expressive force of poetry, which influenced the poetic style of a generation. Bao Zhao's Yuefu poems sang the voices of the poor, and his exploration and innovation in the art of poetry also had a very positive significance.
The appearance of landscape poems not only made landscape an independent aesthetic object, but also added a theme to China's poems and opened up a new poetic style in the Southern Dynasties. Following Tao Yuanming's pastoral poetry, landscape poetry marks the further communication and harmony between man and nature, and marks the emergence of a new natural aesthetic concept and aesthetic interest.