The first volume of the poetry collection is "The Book of Songs".
The Book of Songs collects poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (11th century BC to 6th century BC), with a total of 311 poems, 6 of which are Sheng poems, which only have titles and no content. It is called the six Sheng poems ("Nanmei", "Baihua", "Hua millet", "Yougeng", "Chongqiu" and "Youyi"), reflecting the period of about 500 years from the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty to the late Zhou Dynasty. social outlook. The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry and the earliest collection of poems.
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 whole number was called "The Three Hundred Poems". 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.
Appreciation of "The Book of Songs"
"The Book of Songs" pays attention to reality and expresses true feelings triggered by real life. This creative attitude gives it a strong and profound artistic charm and is an important part of Chinese realism. The first milestone in literature. The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: Feng, Ya and Song. "Feng" is the music of various vassal states; "Ya" is the official music of the Zongzhou area; "Song" is the music of sacrifices in the ancestral temple.
The use of Fu, Bi, and Xing is not only an important symbol of the artistic characteristics of the Book of Songs, but also initiated the basic techniques of ancient Chinese poetry creation. There have been many opinions on the meaning of Fu, Bi and Xing. In short, Fu is a straightforward narrative, that is, the poet expresses his thoughts, feelings and related things in a straightforward manner.
Comparison is a metaphor, comparing another thing to this thing. The poet has the ability or emotion to use an object as a metaphor. Xing refers to touching things and inspiring words. Objective things trigger the poet's emotions and cause the poet to sing, so it is mostly at the beginning of poetry. The three techniques of Fu, Bi, and Xing are often used interchangeably in poetry creation, and together they create the artistic image of the poem and express the poet's emotions.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Book of Songs