Abstract: This article inquires into the cause of the formation of the Image of the willow during the Six Dynasties from five angles: the Book of Songs, folk custom, homonym, thewidespread planting of willow and the unique expression of willow, and examines the image of willow in this period from the following aspects: departing and leaving, lovesickness, homesickness, time consciousness etc. Finally, it recounts briefly the influence of the Six Dynasties poetry on the creation of the Tang Dynastys' poetry.

Key words: the Six Dynas tiesc poetry the image of willow, departing and leaving, lovesickness homesickness, time consciousness