His main poetic style, the ancient style of Han and Wei dynasties, almost praised the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In the content of poetry, it is advocated that poetry should be the way to reason, do good deeds, be sensitive to ghosts and gods, teach the country and deal with princes. Oppose mocking flowers and plants made of snow. In the style of poetry, it emphasizes gentleness and gentleness, complaining without anger, and returning to peace between China and Britain.
Most of Shen Deqian's poems are tall, straight and elegant, which are typical of Tiger poets. On the main style of poetry, the ancient style belongs to the Han and Wei Dynasties, which is close to that of the Tang Dynasty. In the content of poetry, it is advocated that poetry should be the way to reason, do good deeds, be sensitive to ghosts and gods, teach the country and deal with princes.
Oppose mocking flowers and plants made of snow. In the style of poetry, it emphasizes gentleness and gentleness, complaining without anger, and returning to peace between China and Britain. Although there are chapters in his poems that reflect the sufferings of the people, many works that praise the virtues of saints weaken the social function of poetry in mocking the evils of the times and attacking the darkness. His poetics is more conducive to feudal rule than verve school.
The source of ancient poems, anthology of Tang poems, anthology of poems in Ming dynasty and Guo Ji compiled by him according to his own poetic purpose have played a certain role in identifying the origin, pointing out the gains and losses, drawing lessons from and spreading classical poems.
Main influence
Shen Deqian studied under Ye Xie when he was young, and his poetic thoughts were influenced by Ye Xie to some extent, but he failed to inherit the positive factors in Ye Xie's theory. The purpose of his discussion on poetry is mainly found in his book On Poetry and the preface and examples of his books, such as The Origin of Ancient Poetry, Poems of Tang Dynasty, Poems of Ming Dynasty and Guo Ji.
Shen Deqian emphasized that poetry served feudal politics. At the beginning of "Talking about Poetry", it says: Poetry is the Tao, being able to reason, doing good deeds, being sensitive to ghosts and gods, building the country and dealing with princes. At the same time, it is the ultimate principle to advocate gentleness and honesty (on Poetry), and to advocate Confucian traditional poetry teaching.