They mainly referred to the poetry with re-emitting tendency, written in an ornate style and concentrating on bitter lives by three representative poets Meng Jiao, Jia Dao, Yao He.

其所指晚唐诗人是以孟郊、贾岛、姚合为代表的一些有隐逸倾向、写清苦生活、刻意琢磨诗歌艺术技巧的诗人。