The six arts mentioned in the literature after the Han Dynasty refer to the Six Classics. For example, in Liu Xin's Six Arts, "Xin always plays his" Seven Arts "with a group of books, so there are" compilation ","Six Arts "and" philosophers ",and Zhang Taiyan's" On the Balance of National Heritage "says:" Master, this includes other collections as books, so it is not necessary to spread the history of the Six Arts to the philosophers, not to say. Obviously, it means that the Six Classics are classics. So, what is the function of the six arts mentioned in the Six Classics? Interpretation of the Book of Rites: "Confucius said,' When you enter his country, you can know his teachings. He is also a human being, gentle and honest, teaching poetry; Sparse notice far, book teaching; Broad and easy to be good, happy and educated; Clean and implicit, easy to teach; Gong Jianzhuang classics, ethics also; It is a rhetorical matter, and it was also taught in the Spring and Autumn Period. "Zhuangzi Tianxia Chapter": "Poetry is based on Tao, books are based on Tao, rituals are based on Tao, music is based on Tao, and it is easy to be based on Tao, yin and yang are based on Tao, and Spring and Autumn are based on Tao." Biographies of Historical Records and Funny Stories: "Confucius said:' Six arts are governance, and one is also. Ceremony is to save people, music is to make peace, books are to do things, poetry is to express ideas, Yi is to deify, and spring and autumn is morality. "Records of the Historian Taishigong's Self-narration" says: "Yi" describes the four seasons and five elements of heaven and earth, so it is good at change; "Li" is a broker, so he is good at it; The "book" records the affairs of the former king, so it is longer than politics; "Poetry" records that mountains and rivers are male and female, so they are longer than the wind; "Music" is born with joy, so it is longer than harmony; Spring and Autumn Annals clearly distinguishes right from wrong, so it is good at dealing with people. "Fa Yan" says: "Those who say heaven don't argue easy, those who say things don't argue Shu, those who say style don't argue Li, those who say ambition don't argue poetry, and those who say Li don't argue Spring and Autumn." "Looking at the above articles, whether you are good at words and deeds, or proficient in Tao, or eloquent, the essence of the Six Classics is nothing more than easy. In the Western Han Dynasty, the study of Confucian classics spread to three generations, and the number of people studying Confucian classics surged in Yun Qi, hence its name. The so-called scholars should study the world extensively, so people in the past attached great importance to it. "