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This book conducts detailed research on the life stories and writings of 32 poets in the early Tang Dynasty, the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the early middle Tang Dynasty. It fills in the gaps or corrects errors. It has detailed information and rigorous arguments, and many of them have not been published before. This book also makes a macroscopic examination of the status and influence of the poets' creations in literary history, as well as the poetry world and poetry schools at that time, and strives to summarize the development laws of literary history. In particular, it analyzes the different groups of poets in the north and south during the Dali period, which has opened up a new trend of group research in the study of Tang Dynasty literature since the 1980s. This book was first published in 1980. Academics believe that the publication of this work "suddenly pushed the study of Tang literature to a new level."

Based on combing the relevant literature on the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty, this book examines the various subjects of the Tang Dynasty's imperial examinations, such as Ming Jing, Jinshi, and system examinations. It also examines the subject setting, content evolution, tribute examinations, examination papers, and banquets of the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty. It also explores the impact of the imperial examination system on the literary atmosphere and social trends of the time. By combining historical and literary research, it comprehensively examines the relevant social historical materials in historical records and literary descriptions of the ancients, studies the life path, way of thinking, and psychological state of scholars in the Tang Dynasty, and strives to reproduce some of the era style and social customs at that time. It pioneered a trend in the history of research and has far-reaching influence.

Based on combing the relevant literature on the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty, this book examines the various subjects of the Tang Dynasty's imperial examinations, such as Ming Jing, Jinshi, and system examinations. It also examines the subject setting, content evolution, tribute examinations, examination papers, and banquets of the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty. It also explores the impact of the imperial examination system on the literary atmosphere and social trends of the time. By combining historical and literary research, it comprehensively examines the relevant social historical materials in historical records and literary descriptions of the ancients, studies the life path, way of thinking, and psychological state of scholars in the Tang Dynasty, and strives to reproduce part of the style and social customs of the time. It is the first of its kind in the history of research and has far-reaching influence.

Hanlin scholars in the Tang Dynasty were the highest level of scribes participating in politics. This position with a reputation for literary talent was established in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty. As an important phenomenon in social and political culture, and as the inevitable path to officialdom for literati in the feudal era, the imperial examination system and the Hanlin Academy, Jinshi and Hanlin bachelors are unavoidable when studying the history and culture of the 1,230 years from the Tang to the Qing Dynasty. This book is a biographical biography of more than 200 Hanlin scholars in the Tang Dynasty, and expands the collection of historical materials as much as possible. In addition to basic materials such as the two "Tang Shu", "Complete Tang Poems" and "Complete Tang Prose", it also covers a wide range of poetry collections, miscellaneous historical notes, stone inscriptions, etc. It can not only correct some misconceptions in the history books, but also obtain historical and cultural phenomena worth thinking about from the experiences of these more than 200 Hanlin scholars, and provide an example of the integration of literature and history for the entire study of ancient Chinese Hanlin scholars.