The value of the three poetry annotations by Ren Yuan, Shi Rong, and Shi Jiwen is first reflected in the fact that the poetry annotations in the Inner Collection and the Outer Collection examine the year and year of Huang Tingjian's origin, so that readers can know his experiences and travels. Based on this, we will further explore the connotation of his poetry and understand his development and changes in poetic thought and art.
Secondly, Ren Yuan, Shi Rong, and Shi Jiwen made detailed notes on the characters, geography, etc. involved in Huang Tingjian's poems. For example, "Two Poems on Climbing Yueyang Tower and Looking at Junshan in the Rain" in Volume 16 of "Anthology of Poems in the Valley", Ren Yuan's annotations of the poems Yueyang Tower, Junshan, Qutang, Yanli and Xiang'e are very detailed and accurate.
Thirdly, Huang Tingjian pays attention to the origin of every word in his poetry and uses many allusions. The annotations by Ren Yuan, Shi Rong and Shi Jiwen have done a lot of work in revealing the facts of the allusions, and they have gained a lot. Huang Gushan's profound knowledge was always reflected in his poems, and the annotations of Ren Yuan, Shi Rong, and Shi Jiwen often involved the Six Classics, official and unofficial histories, Buddhist and Lao classics, etc. With these annotations, readers can grasp the meaning of the valley poem more accurately.
Fourthly, Ren Yuan, Shi Rong, and Shi Jiwen lived in an era that was relatively close to Huang Tingjian. When they examined Huang Tingjian's origins and interpreted Huang Tingjian's poems, historical events and characters, they saw many things that future generations could not understand. The materials I saw include some editions of Huang Ji, authentic works of Huang's poems, and some of his history books, anthologies, poems, notes, etc., Zhang Fang's return home copy cited above, and "Ciyun Wang Zhichuan Guest" handwritten by Huang family in Pengshan. "She Ershou" and so on fall into this category. This makes many of their testimonies and interpretations irreplaceable and indispensable, and of considerable academic value.