It is generally believed that Bai Ju-yi classifies his poems into four types: zalu by form and the satiric, the leisure and the sentimental by content.

• 摘要一般认为，白居易把自己的诗歌分为四类，除杂律以形式为依据以外，讽谕、闲适、感伤三类诗歌均根据内容进行分类。