Analysis:
The four volumes of the original poem (divided into internal and external chapters and upper and lower chapters) discuss the essence, origin, creation and criticism of poetry, which is theoretical, systematic and comprehensive, surpassing the general poetry theory.
The original poem is divided into two parts, inside and outside, and each part is divided into two volumes, totaling ***4 volumes. The inner chapter is The Principle of Poetry, the first volume discusses the development of poetry, and the second volume discusses the creation of poetry. The external part is poetry criticism, mainly about the beauty and evil of my poor work. Regarding the development of poetry, Ye Xie advocated the evolution of literature; As for poetry creation, it is proposed that "talent, courage, knowledge and strength" of "being in me" can embody "reason, material and emotion" of "being in things". He inherited Lv Benzhong's theory of "living method", taking "death method" as the orientation and "living method" as the name. In the aspect of poetry criticism, he emphasized "poetic talent, poetic heart and poetry". His poetics has the tendency of simple materialism and dialectical thinking. There are many desirable views on summing up historical experience and helping orthodox literature continue to extend. The Original Poem is based on many poetry monographs in Qing Dynasty with its theoretical innovation and systematicness.