此书选取宋诗近三百首，列为立国、建都、政事、党争、内患、外交、边防、经济、文化九门，绎以小序，一诗一事，释以笺疏。小而言之，所选篇目多为首次注解。大而言之，以诗歌为载体呈现一朝一代之史事，有发凡创例之功。可视为一种《宋诗纪事本末》或《宋史别裁集》。

This book selects nearly 300 Song poems, listed as nine gates of national establishment, capital building, political affairs, party disputes, internal troubles, diplomacy, border defense, economy, and culture. In short, most of the selected articles are first-time annotations. In general, using poetry as a carrier to present the historical events of a generation has the merit of creating precedents. It can be regarded as a kind of "Chronicle of Song Poetry" or "Song History Collection".（AI翻译）