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This book explores the differences between the Tang and Song Dynasties that existed in the creation and theory of Ci from the prosperous Tang Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, similar to those in the field of classical poetry. This book believes that lyrics, like poetry, formed two different aesthetic paradigms, "Tang sound" and "Song tune" under the influence of the cultural transformation of the Tang and Song Dynasties. The "Tang Yin Paradigm" in poetry was based on the Huajian poets of Western Shu in the late Tang Dynasty, and further evolved and matured in the Southern Tang and Northern Song Dynasties; the "Song Diao Paradigm" in poetry originated from Liu Yong, and in the late Northern Song Dynasty it was divided into the innovative "Dongpo Paradigm" and the improved "Qingzhen Paradigm". Later theories and creations in the history of Ci were basically under the shadow of these aesthetic paradigms established during the Tang and Song Dynasties, either "following the Tang Dynasty", or "following the Song Dynasty", or being compatible with the Tang and Song Dynasties. This book uses a large number of relevant materials to demonstrate and elaborate in detail and forcefully the formation, evolution and development process of the Tang and Song Dynasties in Ci style over more than a thousand years, and constructs a unique thematic history of Ci.