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The whole book "Biography of Shi Mao's Old Exegetics" is mainly based on exegetics, with chapters and sentences exegeting, which generally adopts the opinions of pre-Qin philosophers and is taken from pre-Qin books. For example, the definitions of "drunk" and "Hao Tian you Cheng Zi" are taken from Guoyu; Interpretation of Ge Tan, Cao Cao and other articles, see the Book of Rites for righteousness; The explanation of "five taels of silks and silks" in Xing Lu and "wild killing ceremony" in Wild Death are all from Zhou Li. In addition, there are many sayings from books such as The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. All these are enough to prove that the interpretation of Mao Zhuan has its origin and is an important document for studying the Book of Songs. ?
In the exegetical style, The Biography of Ancient Poems in Shi Mao exegesis the whole article either in the first chapter or in the last chapter, or explicitly borrows function words, or explains function words, or interprets ancient words in today's language, or interprets ancient meanings in today's meaning. Among Fu, Bi and Xing, Xing is the only style that can clarify the linguistic features of poetry and help readers understand the meaning of poetry. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan wrote notes for it, which improved its status. In the Tang Dynasty, Confucius wrote The Justice of Mao Poetry, which further clarified Mao Zhuan and Jian Zheng and made them more important. In the Qing Dynasty, Chen Huan wrote the Poems of Shi Mao, which was relatively complete. However, Mao Heng's interpretation of poetry is often based on feudal ethics, which distorts the theme of some poems, which is its defect. ?
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Mao Chuan