The Collection of Tang Poems divides Tang poems into four periods: early, prosperous, middle and late, and each verse is divided into nine styles: beginning, authenticity, everyone, famous artists, wings, martial arts, positive change, reverberation and sidestream. "Every Case": "Generally speaking, the early Tang Dynasty was the beginning, the prosperous Tang Dynasty was the authentic, famous and winged, the middle Tang Dynasty was the martial arts, the late Tang Dynasty was the positive change and reverberation, and the poems of strangers were the side stream. One or two are unique, different from the times, and are not shackled by the world. " Among them, the position of each poet in each body is variable. For example, Du Fu was placed in the position of "everyone" in the ancient poems with five or seven words and the poems with five or seven words, while in the quatrains with five or seven words, he was placed in the position of "wings"; Wang Changling's seven-character quatrains are in the "authentic" position, while his five-character quatrains can only be in the "two wings". With such a point, the strength of each poet in all kinds of poems will be clear at a glance.
In addition, when discussing each poetic style, The Collection of Tang Poems often combines nine poetic styles with four stages: early stage, prosperous stage, middle stage and late stage. Through the positive and negative relations, this paper describes in detail the evolution and development process of each poetic style in four different stages, and points out the representative writers and their respective styles. Combining these narratives, we can see the whole picture of the evolution and development of Tang poetry in four different stages.
This book has a relatively strict system and a large weight, which is obviously different from the previous generation of Tang poetry anthologies. Therefore, since it came out, it has been a common teaching material for people to learn poetry in the Ming Dynasty. "Biography of Gao Yun in Ming Dynasty" said: "His Selected Poems of Tang Dynasty and You Sheng Tang Poetry were in the cabinet at the end of Ming Dynasty. "It can be seen that it had great influence and lofty status at that time. But in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, some poetry critics were not satisfied with this book. For example, Qian said in "Preface to Tang Poetry": "Poetry theory has been terminally ill for 300 years. The teaching in the pavilion, the lessons in the family school, the strict poetic method and the high "quality meeting" are impressive and unforgettable. Bachelor and doctoral students fall to the ground, and teachers learn from cigarettes. There are two seeds in Tibetan knowledge. Later, I learned more and learned more. The ups and downs only increase its evil roots and fallacies. Tsov! Tang poetry has its own essence and climate. Today, the dividing line is the beginning, the flourishing, the middle, the evening and the plum, from which we can judge that this is wonderful enlightenment and that is multiplication; This one is authentic, and the other one is chicken wings, which have been peeled off, so that the face of the Tang Dynasty has been covered for more than a thousand years, and the eyes of later generations have been immersed for a thousand years, even the poems are poor. "
Although the anthology of Tang poems is controversial, it occupies an extremely important position in the anthology of Tang poems in China. Before and after this, although some famous anthologies of Tang poetry appeared, such as Wang Anshi's Anthology of Tang Poetry, Yuan Haowen's Three Hundred Poems of Tang Poetry, Li Panlong's Anthology of Tang Poetry and Shen Deqian's Anthology of Tang Poetry, they failed to surpass the Collection of Tang Poetry in terms of the breadth of works, the integrity of the system and the theoretical exposition.