他们认为“文章合为时而著，歌诗合为事而作。”白居易认为他最重要的贡献是他的讽喻歌谣和“新乐府”诗。新乐府诗通常以旧民歌为基础，采用自由的形式。
He considered his most important contributions to be his satirical and allegorical ballads and his " new yuefu , " which usually took the form of free verse based on old folk ballads .
新乐府诗