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Traditional Poetry experienced two major stylistic transformations in the Song Dynasty. The feminine style was replaced with a masculine style during Sudongpo's age, followed by an elegant style in Southern Song Dynasty during JianKui's period. JiangKui(姜夔) was a representative poet of Southern Song Dynasty. The characteristic of his poetic style was elegance and purity. His superior skills were capable of transforming love poems that could easily seem vulgar into a sophisticated piece of art work. This paper examines how JiangKui's style was manifested in his poetry. First of all, he started his literary pieces with an introductory section that portrayed an elegant touch. In most of his work, the initial part of the poetry illustrates the background of the creation of the verse and the writer's impressions. The lengthy and beautifully composed introductions contributed to enhancing the exquisite style of the overall work. These openings consisted of more than 100 characters and were comparable to essays of refined style. Second, JiangKui's description of objects added grace to his love poems. Rather than directly reflecting his emotions in verse, he opted for metaphoric expressions that referred to natural features such as apricot blossoms, a willow tree, or a lotus. These mechanisms allowed his literary work to reach a higher level of sophistication. According to the analysis of this paper, half of JiangKui's poetry relied on this method of object depiction to express affection. There are also poems that relied on dreams or the Korean lute to communicate the poet's impression. As such, the introductory sections and metaphorical depictions of objects are the main contributors to adding purity and elegance to JiangKui's literary work.