During the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, Yuefu poems, narrative poems and lyric poems were mainly composed by folk and literati. The number of words is mainly four words and five words. During this period, there were Yuefu Shuangbi, Peacock Flying Southeast, Mulan Ci and Nineteen Ancient Poems. The poetic style of Wei and Jin dynasties began to tend to be fresh and vigorous, that is, "Wei and Jin demeanor". Later frontier poems sprouted in the Three Kingdoms period, and later pastoral poems sprouted in the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Tang and Song Dynasties are the peak of poetry development. There are two schools of creation in Tang poetry: pastoral poetry and frontier poetry. Classical poetry and modern poetry (metrical poetry) go hand in hand, with diverse styles and colorful, and a large number of outstanding poets have emerged. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, Han Zongyuan's "ancient prose movement" advocated the idea that "articles should be written in time and poems should be written in content". This style of ci developed unprecedentedly in the Song Dynasty, and gradually changed from graceful to bold in the Five Dynasties and the early Northern Song Dynasty. Most of the ci poems in the Southern Song Dynasty are homesick and recover lost ground.
During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, independent poetry creation gradually declined, and it was more integrated with music, drama, novels and other literary forms. In Qing dynasty, due to the influence of literary inquisition, poetry creation declined.
Generally speaking, poetry is developing day by day in terms of words, meter and system. From three words and four languages in the pre-Qin period to five words and seven languages later, the requirements for meter are becoming more and more strict. From the content point of view, the poetry of each era reflects the social reality and social character at that time.