From then on, Nineteen Ancient Poems was anonymously named as the proper name of this group of five-character ancient poems. Nineteen Ancient Poems are mostly lyric works of middle and lower literati, which were produced in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Although these poems were not written by one person, their styles are roughly the same.
Nineteen ancient poems, with a group of poems as the theme, first appeared in Selected Works, not written by one person at a time. Children in the Southern Dynasties compiled from anonymous ancient poems handed down from ancient times.
In the expanded material (1), traveling and serving, homesickness for others is a major theme. It reflects the great pain of wandering women in real life and spiritual life. At the same time, it also describes the hesitation and frustration of scholars, and some works show the idea of pursuing wealth, eating, drinking and having fun in time. Such as "picking hibiscus on the river". While exposing the darkness of the real society, it also implies the poet's pursuit of lost moral standards.
(2) Artistic features: It has a natural artistic style. It is one of its lyric characteristics to enter the scene with emotion and the scene with emotion. Language is simple and natural with rich meanings, that is, it is good at tempering language, casting allusions and integrating rich connotations into the simplest language.
(3) Influence: Nineteen Ancient Poems is a remarkable symbol of the humanization of Yuefu ancient poems, and its theme, expression and artistic style have had a far-reaching impact on later poems, which is called "the crown of five words" by Liu Xie.