There are two versions of the Six Arts: one is said in the Zhou Dynasty, which refers to the six skills that the ancients wanted to learn, namely etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. "Zhou Li·Bao Shi": "To raise a country's sons with the Tao is to teach six skills: the first is the Five Rites, the second is the Six Music, the third is the Five Shooting, the fourth is the Five Control, the fifth is the Six Books, and the sixth is the Nine Numbers." Another theory is from the Han Dynasty: Han Confucianism regarded the Six Classics as the Six Arts, namely "Yi", "Book", "Poetry", "Li", "Music" and "Spring and Autumn". "The Six Classics are great arts; etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics are minor arts. The words seem to be different, but they are actually the same. The ancients first understood the writing, and then studied the way of learning." (Zhang Taiyan " "Lectures on Chinese Studies") The Six Arts mentioned in literature after the Han Dynasty mostly refer to the Six Classics. For example, in Liu Xin's "Six Art Strategies": "Xin then composed his "Seven Strategies" in a group of books, so there is a "Ji Lue", a "Six Art Strategies", and a "Zhu Zi Lue"." Zhang Taiyan's "Lun Guo Gu Lun" "Heng": "For the general collection, this collection is a book, so we do not take the Liuyi Shizhuan as a text. It is not called a separate collection as a text, and the others are not texts." Obviously, it refers to the Six Classics as a classic. So, what are the functions of the six arts mentioned in the Six Classics? "Book of Rites, Jing Jie Chapter": "Confucius said: 'When you enter a country, you can know its teachings. As a person, he is gentle and honest, and he teaches poetry; when he is far away, he teaches calligraphy; he is broad-minded and easy to learn, and he loves teaching; Clean and subtle, it is the teaching of Yi; being respectful, frugal and respectful, is the teaching of etiquette; referring to words and things, it is the teaching of the Spring and Autumn Period. ""Zhuangzi·Tianxia Chapter": ""Poetry" is based on Taoism, "Book" is based on Taoism, and "Li" is based on Taoism. "Le" refers to Tao's harmony, "Yi" refers to Tao's yin and yang, and "Spring and Autumn" refers to Tao's name. ""Historical Records·Hua Biography": "Confucius said: 'The six arts are one of the principles of governance. "Yue" is used to express harmony, "Book" is used to express things, "Poetry" is used to express ideas, "Yi" is used to deify, and "Spring and Autumn" is used to express morality. Yin and Yang have four seasons and five elements, so they are good at change; "Li" handles ethics, so they are good at walking; "Book" records the affairs of the previous kings, so it is good at politics; "Poetry" records mountains, rivers, valleys, grass and trees, males and females, so it is good at wind; "Le" Happiness is born, so it is good at harmony; "Spring and Autumn" talks about right and wrong, so it is good at governing people. "Yang Xiong's "Fayan" says: "Those who talk about heaven should not argue about the Book of Changes, and those who talk about things should not argue about the Book of Changes. Those who express ideas should not argue with the "Li"; those who talk about the will should not argue with the "Poetry"; those who talk about the rituals should not argue with the "Spring and Autumn Annals". It's nothing more than this. The Western Han Dynasty's classics and their methods of governance have been popular for three generations. Scholars who studied the classics have become popular, so they have the name of classics scholars. They have a wide range of knowledge. Therefore, people in the past valued it.