易顺鼎是清末民初著名诗人，早年酷好填词，乃至“以词为性命”。其论词，遵从本色派，尊尚“灵气”“情兴”“清空”，强调在“用意”“铸词”“设色”“命篇”等方面下工夫。其词论不仅与主张“托体之尊”的清代词学主潮异趣，也与“词为小道”的观念有着实质性的区别。其词“奄有众妙，不名一家”，以抒写性情、逞尚才气为旨趣，意蕴深挚曲折，语言流利尖新，尤以意境深邃之作最具特色。在对待传统路径上，他的词与他的诗很不相同，但追求“不唐不宋”“成咱们家一派”的精神却是相通的。

Yi Shunding, a famous poet in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic period, was keen on writing ci poetry in the early years to an extent that he could not live without ci poetry creation. Based on the be-true-to-yourself style, Yi's theory catered to spirituality, taste and tranquility with emphasis on meaning, wording, polishing, titling and so on. In addition, his theory was different from the mainstream one that ci was a spirit carrier and the concept that ci was unimportant in among all forms of literatures. Yi absorbs the essence of ci poets to express feelings and praises talents by profound connotations and unique mastery of language, especially the thought-provoking ones. He has different styles in ci writings and and shi-poem writing; however, they share the pursuit of forming a unique style instead of solely following the Tang or Song style.