The greatest achievement of The Book of Songs is to establish a fine tradition of realism in poetry creation, face life directly, reflect reality, and show distinctive realistic creation characteristics; His expressive techniques of Fu, Bi and Xing had a great influence on later literature. From the formal point of view, The Book of Songs is mostly four-character poems with four words and one sentence, and it uses the method of repeatedly overlapping words to create a rich and melancholy poetic sentiment.
From the content, The Book of Songs can be divided into five categories: sacrifice, praise, resentment, marriage and conscription. Sacrificial poems are all included in Zhou Song, Truffle and Ode to Shang Dynasty, which are of low literary value. There are a large number of hymns, most of which are concentrated in large and small chapters, among which the most prominent chapters are Chu Che, June and Picking Chrysanthemums. Most of the poems are works that expose the times, lament the difficult times and satirize the current politics. Xiao Ge, Tan Sitong, storyteller, Mi Li, etc. are all outstanding among them, which have had a far-reaching impact on later generations. Love and marriage poems are often found in National Customs, such as Guan Ju, Han Guang, Jia Xu, Yue Chu, Feng Yu, Zi Gan, Cart, Yao Tao, Cockcrow and Ear Seed.