The first seven sons, the latter seven sons, and the latter seven sons refer to Li Panlong, Wang Shizhen, Xu Zhongxing, Liang Youyu, Zong Chen, Xie Zhen, and Wu Guolun. "The Prosperity of the Tang Dynasty", believing that the more ancient the literature, the better. The works of the seven sons before and after focused on imitating antiquity and did not have many artistic features, but they played an important role in correcting the Taige style of writing. In their creation, they also wrote some works with true feelings. The retro literary trend of the mid-Ming Dynasty, led by the seven sons before and after, influenced the poetry circle of the Ming Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, pointed out the direction for poetry creation at that time, and broke the trend of the literary world at that time blindly praising virtue and whitewashing peace.