The representative poets of various periods in the Song Dynasty include Su Shi, Xin Qiji, Li Qingzhao, Liu Yong, Lu You and Ouyang Xiu.
1. Su Shi
Northern Song Dynasty writer, calligrapher, painter, and gourmet. He had a bumpy official career throughout his life, but he was knowledgeable and talented. He was excellent in poetry, calligraphy and painting. His writing was unbridled, clear and fluent, and together with Ouyang Xiu, he was called Ou Su, one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties".
2. Xin Qiji
A poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. When he was born, the Central Plains was occupied by Jin soldiers. At the age of 21, he joined the anti-Jin rebel army and soon returned to the Southern Song Dynasty. He has successively served as the pacifier of Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, and eastern Zhejiang. He devoted his life to resisting gold. His poems express the patriotic enthusiasm of trying to restore the country's unity, express his grief and indignation of unrealized ambitions, and condemn the humiliation of the then rulers for peace.
3. Li Qingzhao
A female poet in the Song Dynasty, a representative of the Wanyue Ci School, known as "the most talented woman throughout the ages". In the early stage of her poems, she mostly wrote about her leisurely life, but in the later stage, she mostly lamented her life experience and had a sentimental mood. In terms of form, he makes good use of line drawing techniques, creates his own channels, and uses clear and beautiful language. The argument emphasizes the law of association, advocates elegance, puts forward the saying "don't be the same family" in lyrics, and opposes writing lyrics in the same way as poetry.
4. Liu Yong
A famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty and a representative of the graceful school. Liu Yong was the first poet to comprehensively innovate Song poetry, and he was also the poet who created the most tones in the poetry world of the Song Dynasty. Liu Yong vigorously created slow lyrics, transplanting the narration of the story into the lyrics, and at the same time made full use of slang words and idioms to express the narrative vividly and vividly with popular images.
5. Lu You
A famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. When he was young, he was influenced by his family's patriotism. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, he took the examination of the Ministry of Rites and was deposed by Qin Hui. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, he was granted a Jinshi background. He entered Shu in middle age and devoted himself to military life. He was appointed to Baozhang Pavilion and was waiting to be appointed. In his later years, he retired to his hometown. There are more than 9,000 poems in existence today, and they are extremely rich in content. He is the author of "Jiannan Poetry Manuscript", "Weinan Collected Works", "Shu of the Southern Tang Dynasty", "Notes of Laoxue'an", etc.
6. Ouyang Xiu
A politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he was famous in politics. Later generations together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi were called the Four Great Masters of Eternal Writing. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Che, Wang Anshi, and Zeng Gong, they are known as the "Eight Great Masters of Prose in the Tang and Song Dynasties". Ouyang Xiu was the earliest literary leader to create a generation of literary style in the literary history of the Song Dynasty.