1, eulogize poetry.
Most of the sacrificial poems preserved in The Scholars and Three Odes mainly worship ancestors, or describe the history of the tribe's occurrence and development, or praise the virtues of previous kings. In short, they are works praising virtue.
For example, Sheng Min, Gong Liu, Mian, Yi Di and Daming are regarded as Zhou epic works, which praised the achievements of Hou Ji, Gong Liu, Wang Ji and others and reflected the history of the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
2. Farming poems.
This kind of works in The Book of Songs truly recorded the customs and etiquette related to Zhou people's agricultural production, and reflected the agricultural economic situation and social productivity level at that time. In addition, July, as the best agricultural poem in The Book of Songs, describes the hard work of farmers for one year and their own living conditions, so that future generations can truly feel their misfortune and pain.
3. Yan Yan's poems.
There are also Yan Yan's poems in The Book of Songs, the main content of which is the gathering and feasting of relatives and friends. Such as "Xiaoya Luming Literature", this kind of poetry is a reflection of social prosperity and harmony in the early Zhou Dynasty.
4. War corvee poetry.
Some articles in The Book of Songs praise the war from the front, such as Qin Feng Without Clothes. There are also stories about the homesickness and anger brought to soldiers by the war, such as Xiaoya Cai Wei. The corvee poems in The Book of Songs, such as Don Yu Yu and Feng Wei Bo Xi, show the resentment and war-weariness of the lower classes.
5. Love poems.
Love poems occupy a large proportion in The Book of Songs. There are not only love poems describing the love between men and women, but also marriage and family poems reflecting the life of marriage and family, as well as poems expressing the pain caused by unfortunate marriage to women. The peak girl describes the tryst between men and women; Nan Zhou Yao Tao showed a happy marriage and family; "Meng" and "Gao Feng" describe the tragic experience of abandoned wives.