In these circumstances, "Poetry was no longer necessarily an expression of desire, but rather a ceremonial game, for which poets became adept at specific techniques such as writing balanced couplets," Ko notes. The Tang dynasty was a golden age of Chinese poetry, when ever-stricter demands were placed on poems 'rhythms and rhyme schemes.
在這種情況下，「作詩不再一定要言志，而毋寧是一種儀式性的遊戲，講究對句、排偶等等」，柯慶明表示。唐朝是中國詩史上的光輝時代，對於詩的押韻及平仄等要求也越來越嚴格。