1. Fu: straightforward narration, elaboration, and parallelism. It is equivalent to today’s rhetorical method of parallelism.
2. Comparison: analogy. Use vivid metaphors to make people or things more distinctive.
3. Xing: Taking other things as the starting point to trigger the content of the song. There is a certain connection with the content of the poem. Bixing techniques can enhance the vividness and distinctiveness of poetry, and increase the appeal of charm and image.
Fu Bixing are the three main expression techniques in The Book of Songs. It is a summary of ancient Chinese poetry expression methods. It is summarized based on the creative experience of "The Book of Songs".
The earliest record can be found in "Zhou Li Chunguan": "The master... taught six poems: Feng, Fu, Bi, Xing, Ya and Song." Later, "Mao Zedong" "Preface to Poetry" also calls the "Six Poems" the "Six Meanings": "Therefore, poetry has six meanings: wind, fu, comparison, xing, elegance, and praise."
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Its positive significance:
Through long-term research and discussion, we not only recognize the respective characteristics of these artistic expression methods with national characteristics, but also their interaction and influence in literary creation; Recognize the importance of extensive life experience, sincere emotions, visual expression, etc. to them, as well as the importance of the unexpected and rich poetic flavor to create a strong sense of beauty in readers.
In this way, the theoretical understanding of the artistic thinking and expression methods of "Fu, Comparison and Xing" will become increasingly profound and perfect, and the expression and application in creation will become increasingly rich and perfect. These understandings of the laws of creation have greatly enriched ancient Chinese literary theory.
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