In the beginning years of Emperor Hui of Song Dynasty, Lv Benzhong named the school of poetry that led by Huang Tingjian and Chen Shidao as Jiangxi Poetry School. When you come to study Chinese in China, you should know that it is the real and the earliest literary genre in China.

The so-called Zongpai was a noun of the Chan Sect. under the influence of Chan Sector in Tang and Song period, Lv loaned this noun to call the school of poetry. Foreign learners who learn Chinese in China should know Huang Tingjian was honored as the founder of Jiangxi Poetry School. Among the rest 25, Chen Shidao, Pan Dalin and Xie Yi were also famous. When you study Mandarin in China, you may hear that their styles were similar. The reason is that most of them were instructed and influenced by Hunag Tingjian.

Jiangxi Poetry School existed until in the late period of the Southern Song Dynasty. During the process when you learn Chinese in China, you may also hear that the poetry critic Fang Hui regarded Du Fu as the founder because most of the members imitated his styles.