明清易代海立山崩的沧桑巨变深刻影响了顾贞立词的创作，其词在明末为细腻纤弱的女儿词，清初则从抒发浓郁的亡国之痛渐变为勉励兄弟子侄求取功名，反映了清初女性遗民复杂幽微的心路历程。此外，与其他女性词人多遵循女性词特定发展轨迹不同，顾贞立与百派回流的清初词坛联系更为紧密，她是梁溪词人群体的成员，又受花间草堂词人群体影响，其劲爽词风更与清初豪放一脉的“稼轩风”词人、阳羡词派遥相呼应，显示了顾贞立作为清初女性遗民词人心态和创作方面的独特性。

The drastic change from the Ming to the Qing dynasty profoundly affected Gu Zhenli's Ci-poetry creation, which were delicate words at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and gradually changed from expressing the severe pain of losing the country in the early Qing Dynasty to encouraging brothers and nephews to seek an official rank, reflecting the complex and subtle mental journey of female writers in the early Qing Dynasty. In addition, unlike other female writers who mostly follow the tradition of feminine Ci-poems, Gu Zhenli was more closely connected with the early Qing Ci-poetry circles. She was a member of the Liangxi Ci-poet group, and was influenced by the Huajian Caotang group; her refreshing style also echoed the "Jiaxuan Feng" group and Yangxian school, showing the uniqueness of Gu Zhenli忆s mentality and creation as a female Ci poetess.