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Wei Meng韋孟and Wei Xuancheng韋玄are well-regarded Lu shi魯詩scholars from the Western Han dynasty. Their poems also demonstrate their identity as classicists. In later scholarship, Wei Meng and Wei Xuancheng are often juxtaposed to highlight these achievements. An examination of 'Zai zou shi' 在鄒詩(Poem Written in Zou), a poem commonly attributed to Wei Meng, however, will reveal that Wei's reputation of being a classicist and a poet has to do with the bureaucracy of Han dynasty principalities and consequently testifies against his authorship. Furthermore, the authorship of 'Fengjian shi' 諷諫詩(An Irony Poem), another poem famously attributed to Wei Meng has also been questioned since Ban Gu班固in the Eastern Han dynasty. Wei's loyal figure depicted in the poem is different from historical records, and this poem also shares a high degree of similarity with Wei Xuancheng's 'Zihe shi'自劾詩(A Self-reflection Poem) and 'Jie shi zisun shi'戒示子孫詩(A Poem of Admonishment to the Descendents), which is beyond the explanation of imitation. In particular, 'A Self-reflection Poem' and 'An Irony Poem' quoted classics Shang shu尚書(Book of Documents) and Zhou yi周易(Book of Change) frequently, which shows a closed system within the established classics. The purpose of a poet, I argue, is more than lyricism, but to recompose classics toward his own use in which texts are given new directions and new life.