In the traditional society in China after the age of the Han dynasty, poetry was an expression of Shidaifu's ideal and was regarded as an essential ability in performing the responsibility of governing a nation and providing relief to people.
漢代以降の中国伝統社会において詩とは士大夫の理念の表出であり、経世済民の責務を遂行する上で必須の能力と見なされていた。