As head Chaling sends take Li Dongyang in the entire Ming Dynasty to restore the old the movement to act a trailblazer's role, but this sends literature position take Li Dongyang ”Foothill Hall Notes on poets and poetry” as theory guiding principle. Says roughly, Li Dongyang discusses in the poem inherits Southern Song Dynasty Van Yu to discuss the poem objective, the strength pushes Li, Du, advocated take the glorious age of Tang poetry as the law, But it all denies these regarding Van Yu ”the big experience to return”, ”Hinayana” poem insignificance this viewpoint completely has not absorbed, In other words, he completely has not denied Tang Zhisong a Yuan poem. Li Dongyang in the affirmation Tang and Song Dynasty's famous expert, regarding the abundant Tang poem development, for example he commended Tang Liu Chang the minister ”from becomes a standard”, Han Yu <snow> the poem ”the crown jue ancient and modern”; Commended Song Dynasty Soviet horizontal wooden board on the front carriage body ”only then very high” -odd, simultaneously has also affirmed some Yuan Shi famous expert, if approves Zhao Meng Fu lithe rules of poetry to be simple and beautiful” , if obviously only discusses Li Dongyang is honors Tang Yisong, really has has discussed the suspicion. Moreover, from Li Dongyang in ”Foothill Hall Notes on poets and poetry” the commentary which does to Song Dynasty Zhu Jia, also may sneak a peek at Li Dongyang often ”to enhance strong points and avoid weaknesses” for it, by was the deduction, Li Dongyang has regarding Song Shireng affirmed, thought Song Shi the innate its strong point, and affirmed these reforms forged from the Tang poem brand-new style work, although in addition, he also acknowledged Song Shi to have the flaw, but was minority after all, the reality could not Ge Quaner deny. In brief, Li Dongyang returns to give back to Song Shi a more objective appearance