From Cao Cao's description of "putting down a spear to write poetry" in his "Short Song" to the "Jian'an Seven" and Cao Pi, the Caos and their contemporaries created "banquet poetry." "This could be described as the origin of Chinese poetry societies," Ko says.
曹操在「短歌行」中寫出「橫槊賦詩」之句，到了曹丕及「建安七子」等人，大家更一起創作「宴遊詩」，「這可以說是中國詩社活動的源起。」