What chapters of the Book of Songs are included in middle school textbooks?

1. Junior high school: "Guan Ju" and "Jian Jia"

1. "Guan Ju" comes from "The Book of Songs·Guofeng·Zhou Nan" and is a folk song from the pre-Qin era in China. It is the first chapter of the Book of Songs and the first chapter of the Fifteen Kingdoms. Many lines in the poem contain deep and beautiful meanings. One of the best lines that has been praised throughout the ages is "My Fair Lady", which not only praises her "beauty" but also praises her "beautiful heart". It can be said that they echo each other and complement each other.

2. "Guo Feng·Qin Feng·Jian Jia" is an article in the ancient Chinese realistic poetry collection "The Book of Songs". The poem consists of three chapters, each chapter has eight lines. This poem was once thought to be a way of ridiculing Qin Xianggong for not being able to use Zhou rites to consolidate his country, or regretting that he could not attract wise men who lived in seclusion. Now it is generally believed that it is a love song, describing the melancholy and depression of pursuing the one you love but not being able to achieve it.

The whole poem has three chapters, and the chapters are sung over and over again. The last two chapters are only slightly modified from the text of the first chapter, resulting in the effect of harmonious rhythm within each chapter and uneven rhythm between chapters. Semantic reciprocation.

2. Senior High School: "Meng", "Plucking Wei"

1. "Guo Feng·Wei Feng·Meng" is the first collection of poems in ancient China, "The Book of Songs" a poem in . This is a long poem about an abandoned woman complaining about the tragedy of her marriage. The heroine in the poem recalls the sweetness of love life and the pain of being abused and abandoned by her husband after marriage in an extremely sad tone. There are six chapters in the poem, each chapter contains ten lines.

2. "Xiaoya·Caiwei" is an article in the ancient Chinese realist poetry collection "The Book of Songs". This is a poem about a garrison soldier returning home, singing about the hard life and longing for home of the soldiers in the army.

The poem consists of six chapters, each chapter has eight lines. The poem is written in the tone of a garrison soldier, inspired by picking weeds. The first five stanzas focus on the hardships of life on the border, his strong homesickness, and the reason why he has not been able to go home for a long time. It reveals that the soldiers have the joy of victory in defending against the enemy. , also deeply felt the pain of the war, showing his desire for peace; the last chapter ends the poem with painful lyrics, which is deeply touching.

Extended information

The author of "The Book of Songs" is unknown, and most of it cannot be verified. It is said that it was collected by Yin Jifu and compiled by Confucius. The Book of Songs was called "The Book of Songs" in the pre-Qin period, or the round number was called "The Three Hundred Songs".

It was revered as a Confucian classic during the Western Han Dynasty and was first called the Book of Songs, which is still used today. The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: "Wind", "Ya" and "Song". "Wind" is a ballad from various places in the Zhou Dynasty; "Ya" is a formal song of the Zhou people, and is divided into "Xiaoya" and "Daya"; Song", "Song of Lu" and "Song of Shang".

Confucius once summarized the purpose of the "Book of Songs" as "innocence" and taught his disciples to read the "Book of Songs" as the standard for speech and action. Among the pre-Qin scholars, many quoted the Book of Songs. For example, Mencius, Xunzi, Mozi, Zhuangzi, Han Feizi, etc. often quoted sentences from the Book of Songs to enhance their persuasiveness when reasoning and demonstrating. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Book of Songs was regarded as a classic by Confucianism and became one of the Six Classics and the Five Classics.

The Book of Songs is rich in content, reflecting labor and love, war and corvee, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and banquets, and even celestial phenomena, landforms, animals, plants and other aspects. It is a masterpiece of Zhou Dynasty A mirror of social life.

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