1. "Twenty-Four Poems" is a work on ancient poetry aesthetics and poetry theory compiled by Sikong Tu (some say Li Sizhen) in the Tang Dynasty.
2. "Twenty-Four Poems" was once mentioned as being composed by Sikong in the late Tang Dynasty. In fact, the author is doubtful. Far from being the basis of aesthetics, it covers many artistic styles and aesthetic conceptions of poetry, classifying the styles and realms created by poetry. The whole poem is filled with the atmosphere of home, which is the essence and life of the universe, giving rise to all things in the world. The twenty-four poems also give rise to the twenty-four aesthetic realms.
3. "Twenty-Four Poems" specifically talks about the style and theme of poetry. In the theoretical criticism of ancient Chinese literature, "style" is often called "style".
4. Although "Twenty-Four Poems" is called "all styles are complete, no one style", in fact, they are all stamped with the author's world view, reflecting the author's role as a philosophical poet. , The tendencies and emotions of the hermit who have empty hobbies, are lonely, and have a sad heart.
5. The "poem" of poetry can be interpreted as "category", that is, twenty-four categories; it can also be interpreted as "taste", which means to play with various styles. Due to the influence of Lao and Zhuang's thoughts The influence of poetry requires poetry to be natural but not artificial, pure but not pretentious, and casual but not forced. These thoughts throughout the book are also contributions to the art of poetry.