Gongti Shi,literally means Palace-Style Poetry, is a poetry genre popular in the late Liang Dynasty (502-557) and the Chen Dynasty (557-589). According to historical records, Xu Chi, who was also the companion to the prince in study, initiated Gongti. Since it was popular in the palace, it got the name as Gongti Shi (Palace Poetry).

The criticism toGongti Shigenerally focused on that it had too much description about women's life and posture. However,Gongti Shidid not only focus on women's life as a matter of fact, but also there were a considerable number works that expressed personal feelings and described beautiful scenery. Of those that described women's life, only a small number were low in moral quality. Generally speaking,Gongti Shihas a feeble and dismal style, but there were some readable poems with a graceful and lucid style.

From the perspective of the development history of Chinese poetry,Gongti Shihad its effects in two aspects. On the one hand, the feeble style popular in the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) was more or less influenced byGongti Shi;on the other hand,Gongti Shiattached much importance to the rules and forms, which significantly propelled the development of the rhythmic classic poems. Its beautiful wording and many citations also had some positive influence on poems of the later generations. For instance, poems of Li He and Li Shangyin in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) were distinctly influenced byGongti Shiin some way.