Chen Zi-long, a poet living in that period, put forward the supposition that the ancient poetic styles as well as the pursuit of elegance and the unique emotion should be the model for poetic creation.

• 陈子龙祖述六经，力返风雅，上绍七子，宗法汉唐，提出自己“情以独至为真，文以范古为美”的诗学主张。