This set focuses on the imperishable beauty and enduring quality of Sung Ts'u, the lyrical poetry of the Sung Dynasty.
The poems illustrated in this set of stamps are: Yen Shu's Wan-his-sha, Ho Chu's Ching-yu-an, Fan Chung-yen's Su-mu-che, and Ch'ao Pu-chih's Hsing-hsiAng-tzu.In conjunction with the poems, the drawings feature the scenes of four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, respectively.