Wen Xin Diao Long is a collection of essays.
The categories of poetic criticism include: Essays on Canon by Cao Pi, Wen Fu by Lu Ji, Poems by Zhong Rong, Li Sao by Zhi Yu, Wen Xin Diao Long by Liu Xie, Origin of Articles by Ren Fang, Poetic Style by Jiao Ran, Interpretation of Yuefu Ancient Poems by Jason Wu, etc. Ruan Yue's Poems Before and After the Turtle, Wei Tai's Poems of Seclusion, You Gu Tang, Yanzhou, Wei Zi, Liu Si, Zhang Chenbiao's Poems of Coral Hook and Ye Mengde's Poems of Shilin. Ji Yougong's Chronicle of Tang Poetry, Wu Yu's Guan Lin Poetry, Zhou Zizhi's Zhu Po Poetry, Hu Zai's Yu Yincong's Poems of Western Jiangxi, Zhou Bida's Poems of Erlaotang, Yang Wanli's Poems of Chengzhai, Yan Yu's Poems of Canglang and Wei Qingzhi's Poems of Jade Pieces. Shen Yifu's Yuefu Finger Fan, Wu's Occasionally Talking in the Woods in Jingxi, Cai Mengbi's Poem of Caotang, He's Poem of Zhu Zhuang, Hao Ran Zhai Ya Tan, Fan's Sleeping Night Talk, Cai's Poem in the Woods before and after, and Wang Ruoxu's Poem in the Woods. Wang Shimao's Excerpts from the Art Garden, Hu Yinglin's Poems, Hu Zhenheng's Tang Yin Gui Qian, Wu's Poems of Past Dynasties, Four-style Poems, Wang Fuzhi's Poems of Jiang Zhai, Ye Xie's Original Poems, Wang Shizhen's Poems of Yang Yu, Lang. Zhang Zongyao's Chronicle of Linz, Sun Mei's Liu Sicong's Talks, Weng Fanggang's Talks on Zhoushi, Li Diaoyuan's Hua Fu, Zhang Xuecheng's General Meaning of Literature and History, Chen Hongyong's Chronicle of All Tang Poems, Huang Lu's Introduction to China's Ancient Literature at the First Moon Building and Zhou Ji's On Jiecun Zhai Ci. Shi Shihua, Chronology of Liao Shi Shihua, Chronology of Jin Shi Shihua, Chronology of Yuan Shi Shihua, Hui Feng by Kuang Zhouyi, Shi Hua by Wang Guowei, Shi Hua by He, Shi Hua by Ding, Shi Hua by Qing Dynasty and Shi Hua by Guo Shaoyu.