Abstract: Wang Mingsheng made some achievements in poetry in his life, and there were distinct changes in his poetry style. In the early stage, influenced by the then leading poet Shen Deqian and his own life experience, Wang Mingsheng exhibited the style of Tang poetry in his poetic creation but he did not exclude Song poetry in this period. The middle stage of his poetry creation was the ten years when he lived in Beijing. Influenced by his friends Qian Zai and Jiang Shiquan, his poetry was in conformity with the mainstream poetry style of the time, which revered Song Dynasty poetry. Wang Mingsheng's later poetry creation echoed the emotional focus of the "Xingling" School of poetry but improved its slang and colloquial language use. Attaching importance to poets'knowledge,Wang Mingsheng denied Weng Fanggang and other scholars' practice of introducing "textual research and discussion" into poetry. On the whole, Wang Mingsheng was open minded, and his poetry creation was confined in the Tang and Song styles. He embraced the mainstream poetry style of the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, but also adhered to the traditional characteristics of poetry:lyricism,civilization building,and elegant and implicit language using,etc.

Key words: Wang Mingsheng, Shen Deqian, lyricism, civilization building, poetry style of the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods