Zhong Rong's thought of poetics broke through the tradition of Confucian poetics.It put forward a series of new poetics theories and changed the trend of thought in poetics since the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties,which caused a turning point in ancient poetics.Zhong Rong's breaking through the tradition of Confucian poetics was reflected in its breaking through the pinciple of Confucian poetics,its breaking through the method of Confucian poetics and its breaking through the conception of style of Confucian poetics.