Abstract: XIN Qiji is the most outstanding poet of the Song Dynasty.Openings of his poems often resemble the protruding peaks which are gripping; endings are full of metaphors and symbols with profound meaning. He is expert in coining bizarre words. Though his dictions, one can “see unusualness in ordinary characters, excitement in common characters, novelty in old characters, and color in plain characters”. The contents, forms, and methods of the antithesis in his lyrics are rich and varied, and he is especially good at creating a “joint force” effect in the antithesis via opening and closing, pros and cons, rise and fall, showing fresh and profound sentimental meaning. XIN Qiji's parallelism also shows the superb art. The beauty of imagery, music, symmetry and unevenness is vividly expressed. However, just as the jade has slight flaws, very few works of XIN Qiji have not been polished word by word, resulting in redundant repetition. GU Sui's comment that XIN's work “is meticulous and unrestrained, integrated and unbroken” is pertinent.

Key words: XIN Qiji, refinement of dictions and sentences, antithesis, joint force, parallelism