Jian 'an Style is the literary tendency of the literati group centered on Cao Shi and his son. They hold lofty political ideals, show strong personality and strong tragic color, show the turbulent times in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and form an impassioned and vigorous poetic style, so they are called "Jian 'an Style", and their representatives are mainly Jian 'an people such as "Three Cao", "Seven Zi" and Cai Yan. They are Kong Rong, Chen Lin, RoyceWong, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Angelababy and Liu Zhen.
Seven sages of bamboo forest, seven famous literati who wrote poems at the end of Wei Dynasty, became famous later than "Seven Scholars of Jian 'an". Include Ji Kang, Ruan Ji, Dan Tao, Xiang Xiu, Liu Ling, Wang Rong and Ruan Xian.