Zhang Ruoxu's poems are delicate in description, harmonious in syllables, clear and elegant, and rich in emotion. They played an important role in the transformation of the poetry style of the early Tang Dynasty. However, influenced by the soft poetry style of the Six Dynasties, it often reveals the sense of impermanence in life. Most of the poems are lost, and there are only two poems in the "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty". One of them is "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night", which is an eternal masterpiece. It is a popular masterpiece and has the reputation of "overwhelming the entire Tang Dynasty with a single poem"; the other The poem is "Replying to a Girlfriend's Dream".
Liu Xiyi's poems are famous for their song lines, and they mostly write about love affairs. Their words are soft and gorgeous, and they are often sentimental. The words are beautiful, but the meaning is sad and not taken seriously by others.
Zhang Ruoxu, who has only two poems in "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty", is really inconspicuous among the starry poets of the Tang Dynasty. However, those who truly love Chinese studies and love Tang poetry and Song lyrics must all know about Zhang Ruoxu and his poems. The famous poem "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night"
It is said that the title "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night" was originated from the "completely heartless" empress Chen Shubao. However, what exactly Chen Shubao wrote under this beautiful title is unknown because the poem has been lost. The dissolute and immoral Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty left behind the two earliest extant poems "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", which are only five words and four sentences, short and empty. Chen Shubao also wrote a poem "Flowers in the Back Garden of Yushu", which is often mentioned together with "Spring River Flowers on a Moonlit Night" in literary commentaries by later generations. The poem also remains in the world. Although it is seven words, it only has six sentences, and it is very numb. "Jin" is exactly the same as Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, both of which are notorious palace style poems.