Poets are inspired by spring wind and birds, autumnal moon and cicadas, summer clouds and rain, winter moon and desolate cold weather – the cycle of seasons and weather – to create poetry. They write poetry during a beautiful gathering to show affinity among fellow humans, or when they live in solitude to express sorrow. As for Qu Yuan who had to leave the capital of the Kingdom of Chu, Wang Zhaojun who was compelled to bid farewell to the royal court, corpses lying all about in the wilderness in the north, or ghosts chasing artemisia fluttering in mid-air… all this stirs the soul, urging the poet to write and chant poetry as a means of expressing feeling and aspiration. (Zhong Rong: The Critique of Poetry)