The name "New Yuefu" was put forward by Bai Juyi relative to the Han Yuefu, and its meaning is to write current affairs with the theme of new Yuefu created by himself, so it is also called "New Yuefu Movement".
Taking Tao as the text was the slogan put forward by Han Yu when he advocated the ancient prose movement at that time. Han Yu believes that as long as Ming Dow (not Taoism, but at home), people can naturally write good articles. In other words, the wording of the article itself is not important (mainly attacking parallel prose), what matters is the thought and connotation of the article.
The characteristics of this kind of poems are: creating new themes and reciting current events, which embodies the realistic spirit of Han Yuefu, especially Bai Juyi's proposal that "articles are written in the times, songs and poems are written in things."
Ancient writers in China advocated poetry teaching and tried to use literature as a powerful tool to promote enlightenment. "Wen" is the means, "Tao" is the purpose, and "Wen" serves its "Tao". This kind of tradition, which is manifested as "literature carries Taoism" or "literature combines Taoism", has not only become the same criterion of historical prose, but also become the basic spirit of the whole ancient literature.