Abstract: Yao Xie's early poetry activities in the Zhenhu Poetry Club of Ningbo reflected that Yao Xie, Li Zhi and Ye Yuanjie were all influenced by Wu Dexuan and had similar views in terms of poetics. Thus, a possible path to explore the origins of Yao Xie's poetics is to consult Li Zhi's Poetry Remarks by Baihua Hermit, then to trace to the theories of Wu Dexuan, Song Dazun and Yao Nai, and finally to refer to the works on poetics by other members of the Zhunhu Poetry Club, particularly Chen Jin's Answering Questions in the Bamboos. This reveals the generative context of the "Siming School" of poetics during the reign of Emperor Daoguang. The foundation of the Siming School of poetics lies in the study of antiquity, and its homogeneous characteristic was critical to the construction of the Siming School of poetry. As a result of the relationship between the Siming School of poetics and style poetics, the Siming School of poetry also had a clear position in the history of poetry of the Qing dynasty.

Key words: Yao Xie, poetry of Ningbo, the poetic circle during the reign of Emperor Daoguang, style poetics