刘禹锡的诗歌题材非常丰富,在政治讽喻诗、咏史怀古诗、民风民俗诗和酬答唱和诗等方面都颇有建树。他所提出的境生于象外说及虚静说是对中国古代诗歌理论的独特贡献,在当时乃至后世对文学、书法和绘画都有很大影响。究其取得成就的原因,既是其曲折人生经历的产物,又与佛教文化和民间文学的滋养熏陶密不可分。 Liu Yuxi’s poetic subjects are very rich in political allegory poem, Yong history poem, folk custom poetry and answer the song and poem and so on. His theory of empathy and hypocrisy as proposed by his theory is a unique contribution to the theory of Chinese ancient poetry, which had a great influence on literature, calligraphy and painting at that time and later. The reason for its achievements is not only the product of its tortuous life experiences, but also inseparable with the nourishment of Buddhist culture and folk literature.