〈概論〉內容，計分一、引言，二、鍾嶸生卒年，三、寫《詩品》年代及態度，四、《詩品》凡例，五、《詩品》內容，六、評詩標準，七、《詩品》文體，八、結語。凡八端。二、三、四、五、六所論，近人治《詩品》者，已偶有涉及。惟立論非僅詳略各殊，識解亦頗有出入。如第六，論「評詩標準」：一、「重性情反對用典」，二、「重風力反對說理」，三、「重自然音韻反對聲律」，四、「重華靡而輕質直」，五、「重清雅而忌險俗」，六、「取華艷而輕淫靡」。分此六目，皆詳細論證。又如第五，論「詩品內容」，所列「三派詩人表」，屬於〈國風〉派曹植，亦兼屬〈小雅〉派。屬於〈小雅〉派之阮籍，亦兼屬〈國風〉派。重新加以聯繫。至於第七，論「詩品文體」，三品評語，幾皆散文，與齊、梁駢儷之體迥別，而頗受司馬遷《史記》詞意影響，此則更無人道及者矣。

This essay is divided into eight section: 1) introduction , 2) Chung Jung's 鍾嶸（465-518）life span , 3) the years of the composition of the Shih p'in and Chung's attitude as suthor , 4) the principles of its composition , 5) its contents , 6) the criteria followed in Chung's poetics , 7) the genre in which it is written , and 8) concluding remarks . 　　Although the problems set forth in sections (2) , (3) , (4) , (5) , and (6) have been psrtly treated by recent scholars on the Shih p'in , this study is more detailed and its conclusion is different . For instance , in Section Six , the suthor divides Chung's poetic criteria into six items: 1) a preference for the expression of sentiments over Classical references , 2) a preference for emotional response over logical persuasion , 3) a preference for natural rhythm over stylized versification , 4) a preference for polish over straight forwardness , 5) a preference for elegance over stilted language , and 6) a preference for embellishment over licentiousness . For another example , in Section Five in the discussion of the contents of the Shih p'in , the three schools of poetic style are re-evaluated . Ts'ao Chih 曹植 , originally considered as belonging to the kuo-feng 國風 school , can also be included in the hsiao-ya 小雅 school , while Juan Chi 阮籍 , a poet of the hsiao-ya school , can likewise be included in the kuo-feng school . In Section Seven , in which the genre of Shih p'in is discussed , it is pointed out that almost all the parts discussing the three classes of poets are written in prose , as a sharp contrast to the three classes of poets of the Ch'i-Liang 齊梁 style . It is clear that Chung was influenced by the style of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shih chi 史記 . So far this has not been discussed by other scholars .