This term refers to a powerful appeal in writings surpassing that of ancient writers. Here qi(气)has a wide range of meanings, from an essay’s powerful appeal to a writer’s charisma or moral integrity. Wang(往)describes a channel through which such a vital force passes. Li(轹)literally means a wheel crushing something when rolling over it and metaphorically an overwhelming advantage over something. This is how Liu Xie (465?-520? or 532?) of the Southern Dynasties, in The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, described the powerful appeal of Qu Yuan’s (340?-278? BC) works. Writers of later generations invariably sought to create a powerful appeal in their writings. The concept is also used as an important concept in literary criticism.

There is no doubt that Odes of Chu drew inspiration from ancient classics. But it also has some stylistic features of the Warring States Period... That is why it surpasses the works of ancient poets in terms of appeal and the works of later generations in terms of the rhetoric splendor. Such powerful appeal and splendor are unrivaled. Liu Xie: The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons