Abstract: The use of allusions is the important characteristics in Chinese ancient poetry. The frequent use in the poetry is dubbed showing off. The use has become a method for the poets to show off their talents. And the allusions make poems lyrically colourful in connotation. The use of allusion has become the outstanding expression of “direct expression of poems”, i. e. the allusions in Su Shi’s poems have deep stylistic value for “direct expression of poems”.

Key words: direct expression of poems, stylistics, Su Shi, allusion