What are the types of poems in The Book of Songs?

Regarding the classification of poems in The Book of Songs, there is a saying of "four beginnings and six meanings". "Four Beginnings" refers to four top poems: Feng, Elegance, Ode. "Six meanings" refers to "wind, elegance, praise, fu, comparison and glory". "Style, elegance and praise" are the classification of the Book of Songs according to different music, and "Fu, Bi and Xing" are the expressions of the Book of Songs. The Book of Songs is mainly composed of four words and miscellaneous words.

The division of style, elegance and fu is based on the difference of music.

The Wind has collected folk songs from fifteen places, including some places in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei and Shandong (Qi, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qin). Most of them are folk songs in the Yellow River valley, and most of them are polished folk songs, called "The Wind of Fifteen Countries", with 160 articles, which is the core content of the Book of Songs. "Wind" refers to rural wind and wind ballads.

(Fifteen national styles: Nan Zhou, Yan, Yan, Wei, Wang, Zheng, Qi, Wei, Tang, Qin, Chen, Qi, Cao and Yi (běn))

Ya is divided into (74 pieces) and Daya (3 1 piece). Daya is a court music song with *** 105 pieces.

"Elegance" is formal music, that is, music songs when nobles enjoy banquets or princes attend meetings. According to the music layout, it can be divided into "Daya" and "Xiaoya", with 105 poems, including "Daya" with 3/kloc-0 poems and "Xiaoya" with 74 poems. Of course, most of them are works of literati, but there are also many words in Xiaoya that are similar to wind and ballads, such as yellow birds, going their separate ways, valley wind, why the grass is not yellow and so on.

Odes include Zhou Song (3 1), Truffle (4) and Ode to Shang Dynasty (5), which are 40 music songs and dance songs used in ancestral temple sacrifice.

Ode is a sacrificial music, which is divided into 3 1 Zhou Song, 4 truffles, 5 commercial songs and 40 * * *. Originally, it was a musical song to praise the gods or ancestors when offering sacrifices, but all four poems of Truffle are to praise the living and beautiful Lu Xigong, and there are also flattering poems in Shang songs.

"Wind" means tone. It is relative to "Wang Ji", an area directly ruled by the Zhou Dynasty. It is local music in different regions, mostly folk songs. The poem "Feng" is a folk ballad collected from 15 regions, including China, Yi, Yan, Wei, Wang, Zheng, Qi, Wei, Tang, Qin, Chen, Qi, Cao and Yi. *** 160 articles. Mostly folk songs. According to the name and the content of the poem, it can be roughly inferred that the poem originated in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong and northern Hubei.

Elegance is the joy of "Wang Ji" and is called "Xia" by Zhou people in this area. "Ya" and "Xia" were commonly used in ancient times. Elegance also means "positive". At that time, Ji Wang's music was regarded as a positive tone-a model music. People in the Zhou Dynasty called Zheng Yayue, just as people in the Qing Dynasty called Kunqu Opera Ya Bu, with the meaning of honorific title. Zhu's Biography of Poetry says: "Elegance is righteousness, and singers are joy. The size of his articles is different, but the pros and cons of Confucian scholars are different. Today's test is the joy of Xiaoya and Yan Yan; It is elegance, the joy of attending the meeting, and the words of discipline. Different words and sounds have different syllables. Therefore, the difference between size and elegance lies in its content. "

"Ode" is a musical song and epic sacrificed in the ancestral temple, and its content is mostly to praise the achievements of ancestors. "Preface to Mao Poetry" said: "The description of the beauty and virtue of the eulogists tells the gods of their merits. "This is the meaning and use of ode. Wang Guowei said: "Praise is slower than elegance. "This is the characteristic of his music.