Zhong Rong's "Shi Pin" is the first work on poetry and has a great influence on the criticism of Han poetry in later generations. Sikong Tu of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Yu and Ao Taosun of the Song Dynasty, Hu Yinglin of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen, Yuan Mei, Hong Liangji and others of the Qing Dynasty were all inspired and influenced by him to varying degrees in terms of viewpoints, methods, or word forms.