南朝文學，典雅矞皇，飛文染翰，錯采鏤金之華；換羽移宮，浮聲切響之調。錯采鏤金，競綺縠之紛披；浮聲切響，逐宮徵之靡曼。舊製告退，新體方滋。自昔 ，咸無異議，茲談聲律之用，最在詩文變體，二者相激相礪，風格彌清彌新，軌跡歷歷，昭然可鑒。 若夫古人睿作，聲律天成，如禽羽嗚響，泉石激韻，嚶嚶動乎胸臆，泠泠擬於球鍠，皆自然之音，無傍雕潤。陸機以降，鶩宮商之迭代；沈約而還，調聲響之浮切，影響所及，騷壇丕變，洋洋之音漸寢，靡靡之詠日盛，文林搖盪，辭家沈面，大勢所趨，浩浩無疆，如狂飆之豗擊，激湍之宕滌，山無靜柯，海無恬鱗，沾溉深而衣廣，影響大而變易多，敷衽而論，殆有數端：一曰古詩之換韻：南朝古詩，換韻較多，聲律變化，鏗鏘悅耳。二曰長短之詩句：詩至南朝，或異古體，常現長短其句，幾近按譜填詞。三曰律詩之產生：南朝貴尚聲偶，律體於焉產生。五言七言，各擅其美。四曰小詩之流行。四句成形，或對或散，永明聲律，沾溉最深。五曰駢賦之勃興：駢言抒懷，賦體鋪采，瀏亮綺美，聲辭兼工。六曰麗辭之鼎盛：對偶工整，辭藻華縟，浮聲切響，文秀音諧。 故知騰聲飛律，疏古競今，南代諸豪，覩祕創規於前，近體百態，變本加厲於後。而文士爭詠新詞，騷壇大放異采，體革前型，範垂後昆，熠燿文苑，千秋萬世，吾人欲規模篇章，揮灑翰墨，自當熟稔宮商，閒習浮切，庶能協律調音，奏鏗鏘之雅韻；發口屬筆，摛蜀煥之高文，則南聲律之功，潤澤辭林；辭林體製之變，開啟來學。文則廣敷，百代為式，乃藝苑無上之珍，才士必懷之寶也。

Chanting of the articles of the Southern Dynasty is tinkling, pleasant to ears, even touching to soul, thanks to thee rhythm. Proper adjustment of the flatness or stress of the characters increase the beauty of prosody. Authors of the Southern Dynasty considered rhythm very important, which greatly changed their articles, poems and prose. 1. The usages and changes of rhymes in ancient poems were increased. 2. The short and long forms of poems were formed. 3. The regulated verse of poems was generated. 4. The popularization of short poems. 5. The rising of splendor prose. 6. The summit of beauteous style. In conclusion, rhythm changed the ancient style of southern literature into a new style as its greatest influence and contribution.