Because of different literary tendencies of four Xiaos, the dominant literary views of the group changed with the change of each representative: from advocating classicism to inheriting the tradition and making alterations and then to seeking new changes.

• 由于“四萧”各自文学倾向的不同，使得这一文学群体中占据主导地位的文学主张，也随着领军人物的转换而相应发生“崇尚古典?主张通变?追求新变”的改变。