In the view of Wang Shizhen, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, Li Qingzhao was the most representative figure of graceful and restrained ci, while Xin Qiji was the representative figure of bold and unconstrained ci, and was the leader of ci in Song Dynasty at that time. Both of them were from Jinan, so they were called "Jinan Er 'an".
Characteristics of poetry
Li Qingzhao is known as "the first talented woman in history". In the lyrics, he wrote more about his early leisure life, his later life experience and sentimental mood. In form, it makes good use of line drawing, forms its own school and has beautiful language. On the theory of ci, it emphasizes harmony and elegance, puts forward the theory that ci is different from one family, and opposes the method of writing ci into poetry.
Xin Qiji opposed Jin all his life, and appeared in Ten Treatises of Meiqin and Nine Treatises, which gave Chen a strategy of supporting war with war. His lyrics expressed patriotic enthusiasm for restoring national unity, poured out his grief and indignation, and condemned the humiliation and peace of the rulers at that time. There are also many works that praise the rivers and mountains of the motherland.