The reasons why Tang Poetry came into being Literarily, Emperor Tai of Tang (with the personal name Li Shiming) became engrossed in literature, especially poetry and Fu(rhymed prose), so earnest that he ordered that poetry and Fu be taken into the civil service examination hence an incentive to promoting the advancement of the poetryThe reasons why Tang Poetry came into being • Literarily, Emperor Tai of Tang (with the personal name Li Shiming) became engrossed in literature, especially poetry and Fu (rhymed prose), so earnest that he ordered that poetry and Fu be taken into the civil service examination, hence an incentive to promoting the advancement of the poetry