Eight Poems on Historical Poems is a group of poems written by Zuo Si, a writer in Jin Dynasty. It is called "Ode to History", which is actually "Ode to Huai", watering the poet's mind with ancient events. These eight poems, with profound social content, cast Zuo Si's lifelong ideal and occupy a special position in the history of creation. Poet critics of past dynasties spoke highly of this group of poems.
These eight five-character epics have established Zuo Si's position in the history of China literature, and he is a leader in all previous dynasties. In Zuo Si's life, although "a good plan" became a dream and his ambition was not continued, he did not bow to the powerful and rolled into the quagmire. Instead, he resolutely cut off vulgar ideas, "retired from the countryside" and lived a clean and honest life. Eight Poems on Epics written in his early years has become a portrayal of Zuo Si's ideological and moral character all his life, and is an important material for studying Zuo Si.