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.
通籍懸車不待年,綵衣歸去奉晨昏。 倚門且慰慈親望,戀闕空銜聖主恩。 天上芝泥新誥敕,海邊蕪沒舊田園。 會須引退追高躅,宦路悠悠豈足論。
白雲深處舊生涯,東指名都百里賒。 萬卷詩書惟曲檻,四方賓客到儒家。 峰巒卓立多奇石,草木叢芳半異花。 勝概無由一尋訪,只憑幽夢繞煙霞。