Appreciation and Translation of Guan Ju's The Book of Songs

Guan Ju

Anonymous? pre-Qin period

Guan Heming's osprey, accompanied by the small continent of the river. A beautiful and virtuous woman is a good spouse of a gentleman.

Mix shepherd's purse and salvage it from left to right. A beautiful and virtuous woman wakes up to pursue her.

If you can't pursue it, the black nightclub misses her during the day. Miss Long, I can't sleep over and over again.

Mix shepherd's purse and choose from left to right. A beautiful and virtuous woman came to her with a couple and a couple.

Pull shepherd's purse from left to right. A beautiful and virtuous woman rings the bell to please her.

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Guan Guan and Ming's pheasant dove live in a small continent in the river. A virtuous and beautiful woman is a good spouse of a gentleman.

The ragged shepherd's purse is picked on the left and right sides of the boat. A good and beautiful woman wants to pursue day and night.

I can't get it, but I miss her day and night. Constant thinking makes it difficult for me to fall asleep again and again.

The ragged shepherd's purse is picked on the left and right sides of the boat. Kind and beautiful woman, play the harp to get close to her.

The ragged shepherd's purse is picked on the left and right sides of the boat. A nice and beautiful woman, beating gongs and drums to please her.

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Guanju is the beginning of Feng and the first article of The Book of Songs. The ancients ranked it at the top of 305 articles, indicating its high value. "Historical Records Family of consorts" once recorded: "The Book of Changes is the foundation of Gankun, the Book of Songs began in Guanju, and the Book of Songs is beautiful ... The couple are married and have great humanity." The Biography of Han Kuang Heng also recorded Kuang Heng's thin cloud: "At the time of matching, the beginning of human life is the origin of all blessings. The wedding ceremony is right, and then the goods are cashed and the fate is complete. Confucius' comments on poetry generally began with Guan Ju. ..... The first of this discipline is the end of Wang Jiao. "Their focus is pedantic, but the summary of the original intention of poetry is basically correct. The question is what kind of marriage it represents. This is related to our understanding of the wind. The preface to Zhu's Biography of Poetry says: "The so-called poetic style mostly comes from the works of alley ballads. The so-called men and women sing songs and express their feelings. Zheng Qiao's Preface to Tongzhi Yuefu Zheng Sheng said: "Poetry is in sound, not in meaning. Even today, there are new voices in the city, and the streets and alleys are competing for songs. Is it the beauty of its meaning? "Go straight for its new ear." Zhu discusses it from the poetic meaning, but explains it from the tone. Combining the two, we can think that the wind is a kind of ballad that expresses the love between men and women and sings with local accent. Although Zhu's interpretation of Guan Ju's theme is not so, from the specific performance of Guan Ju, it is indeed a romantic work between men and women, which is about a man's pursuit of women's love. Its sound, emotion, writing and meaning are all good enough to be the beginning of the wind and the first of 300 articles. Confucius said, "Guan Ju is happy but not lewd, and sad but not hurt." (The Analects of Confucius Eight Shu) Since then, people's comments on Guan Ju have all been "compromised by Confucius" (Historical Records Confucius Family). But what about Guan Ju?

This poem was originally composed of three chapters: one chapter with four sentences, two chapters with eight sentences and three chapters with eight sentences. Zheng Xuan divided the last two chapters into two chapters, five chapters and four sentences each. Now use Zheng Xuan's method.

The first chapter: dove and Song are in Hezhou, and their spouses are not chaotic, and a gentleman is a good couple. The beauty of this chapter lies in soothing the voice of justice, leading the whole article with tone and forming the tone of the whole poem. Take "My Fair Lady, Gentleman's Good Style" as the whole poem.

The "jagged shepherd's purse" in the second chapter comes from "Guan Guan Ji Ge" and is also based on what grows on the mainland. "Liu" and "Mao Zhuan" all teach "seeking" and are not valid. Because the word "beg" has been used below, it is not appropriate to have the meaning of "beg" here. The word "autumn" is the center of the whole poem, which shows the process of men pursuing women, that is, from deep yearning to realizing their desire to get married.

The third chapter expresses my anxiety that I can't get it. This is the key to an article, which can best reflect the spirit of the whole poem.

Yao Jiheng's "General Theory of the Book of Songs" commented: "There are four chapters before and after, four sentences in the chapter, and the meaning can be known. Today, these four sentences are placed under "I want to seek more happiness for myself" and above "Friends" and "Joy", which were handed down from the previous chapter. The whole spirit is here. Guy must write these four sentences to satisfy the two meanings of "friend" and "joy". Without this, the clouds above are "seeking" and the clouds below are "friends" and "music", so the momentum will be weak and it will be weak. This ancient prose strives to be concise, and its tone is also tight, which is different from the soft voice before and after. " Yao's analysis of the importance of this chapter in the whole poem is the most accurate. What needs to be added is that this chapter not only carries forward the literary spirit with numerous overtones, but also writes a vivid and vivid image, that is, Wang Shizhen's so-called "Poems are as picturesque as three hundred" in Yu Yang. Lin Yiguang's Book of Songs explained: "I woke up tossing and turning, still in bed." This description of the feelings of missing one's lover can be described as "sad without hurting". The fourth and fifth chapters are about the happiness of seeking. Friends of the harp and the music of the bell and drum are all acquired scenes. The words "friend" and "music" have their own weight and depth. The so-called "pleasure without lewdness" means writing quickly and happily without involving extravagance and waste. The whole poem is about a man's yearning and pursuit of women, his anxiety and happiness that he can't get.