In 2007, Han Han started a controversy by writing an article in which he denounced "the need for modern poetry and poets to exist" and argued that "the genre of modern poetry is also meaningless." There were many poets and scholars involved in the polemic, which became a major event in the literary world in that year. The origin of this debate was due to the poet Zhao Lihua was labeled "pear body poet" began.

Three years later, Han Han apologized to his opponents on his blog: "I would like to formally apologize to the modern poetry and modern poets, three years ago, my point of view is wrong, the harm caused to you brought misunderstanding, I feel guilty, in the face, has not been said, I hope that your forgiveness and understanding."

Zhao Lihua is a writer and poet. Her works favor the colloquial style, concise language, calm style, and simple sense of humor to outline the relationship between people and the world. 2006 September started in the network of "Zhao Lihua poetry incident" due to the wide reach, influence, and duration of a long time, by the media since the 1916 Hu Shi, Guo Moruo new poetry movement, called the biggest poetry event and cultural events. Since Hu Shi and Guo Moruo's New Poetry Movement in 1916, it has been called the biggest poetic and cultural event. Zhao Lihua's poetic works, and works imitating Zhao Lihua's poetic style known as "Pear Blossom Style", has a large number of opponents, adherents and imitators on the Internet. on June 10, 2012, Zhao Lihua changed her profession to painting, and so far she has created about 500 paintings, some of which have been collected by netizens.