Qian Zhongshu
The book preserved a lot of literature materials about Song poetry, and opened a pass for similar works such as "Recorded Occasions of Liao Poetry", "Recorded Occasions of Jin Poetry", "Recorded Occasions of Yuan Poetry", "Recorded Occasions of Ming Poetry" and "Recorded Occasions of Qing Poetry". Lu Xinyuan, a book collector of late Qing era, composed a book named "Supplement to the Recorded Occasions of Song Poetry" (宋詩紀事補遺, 100 volumes), discuss about another 3000 poets. Qian Zhongshu, a 20th-century Chinese scholar, wrote "Emendations of Recorded Occasions of Song Poetry" (宋詩紀事補正), corrected many mistakes and added more materials about Song poets to the original book.