Song Ci is a popular literary genre in China in the Song Dynasty, and it is a new style poem compared with classical poetry, which marks the highest achievement of Song literature. Song ci has long and short sentences, which are easy to sing. Because it is the lyrics of music and harmony, it is also called tune, Yuefu, music movement, long and short sentences, poetry, piano music and so on. It began in Liang Dynasty, formed in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty. According to the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty, "Since the beginning of Kaiyuan (the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty), singers have mixed songs of Okoyi Lane." Song Ci is a bright pearl in the crown of China ancient literature, and a fragrant and gorgeous garden in Yuen Long, an ancient literature in China. With colorful and varied charm, she competes with Tang poetry and Yuanqu, and has always been said to be as famous as Tang poetry, representing the prosperity of a generation of literature. Later, there was a book with the same name, Song Ci.
The representative figures of Song Ci mainly include Su Shi, Xin Qiji (the representative poets of the bold school), Liu Yong and Li Qingzhao (the representative poets of the graceful school).