Song poetry inherited the Tang tradition while innovating, featuring great poets like Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Lu You, and Yang Wanli, forming a unique Song poetry style known for its philosophical depth.
弱冠弄筆硯,恥爲章句儒。 夜半劍氣發,精光射天衢。 欲分天子憂,張燈閲地圖。 七閩山水秀,我亦思故廬。 世事苦齟齬,吾道甯躊躕。 一官如涕唾,焉能輕重吾。