hiː wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ ɐn ɪmpˈoːɹtənt fˈɪɡjɚɹ ɪn tʃaɪnˈiːz pˈoʊɪtɹi, bˈoʊθ fɔːɹ hɪz kɹˈɪɾɪkəl aɪdˈiəz ænd æz ɐ pˈoʊɪt bˌiːɪŋ wˈʌn ʌvðɪ ˈɜːli pˈoʊɪts tə wˈɜːk ɪnðə mˈɑːdɚn tʃaɪnˈiːz pˈoʊɪtɹi, ˈɪnfluːənst baɪ ɐ mˈoːɹ vɜːnˈækjʊlɚ stˈaɪl ænd baɪ ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl dɪvˈɛləpmənts ɪn pˈoʊɪtɹi.
He was also an important figure in Chinese poetry, both for his critical ideas and as a poet being one of the early poets to work in the Modern Chinese poetry, influenced by a more vernacular style and by international developments in poetry.