Abstract: Gu Yan-wu, Chen Zi-long and Li Yu were all poets living in the south of the Yangtze River during the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Gu’s poems seemed more to be ones written by a scholar, while Chen’s written by a person with loft ideals as well as a poet. However, they both were concerned with political affairs. Li Yu was good at displaying ways of tangible things and human feelings and never talked about national affairs. His poems were really written by a pure gifted scholar.

Key words: person of ideals and integrity, scholar, poet, gifted scholar