What does the Book of Songs mean?

The "elegance" in The Book of Songs is the music in the area directly under the jurisdiction of the Zhou Dynasty, which is called orthodox elegant music. The poem "Ya" is a musical song at a court banquet or meeting. According to different music, it can be divided into "Elegance" 3 1 song, "Xiaoya" 74, * * * 105. Except for a few Xiaoya folk songs, most of them are works of noble literati.

The Book of Songs is divided into three categories according to the different musical tones: wind, elegance and ode.

"Wind" is the local music in different regions. 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.

Ode is a dance music of ancestral temple, which mostly praises the achievements of ancestors. The ode is divided into 3/kloc-0 poems by Zhou Song, 4 poems by truffles, 5 poems by Shang Dynasty and 40 poems by * *. They are all works of noble literati. In terms of time, Song of Zhou and Ya were mostly produced in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. A small part of Daya and most of it migrated eastward from the late Western Zhou Dynasty. Most of Guofeng, Truffle and Shangsong were produced in the Spring and Autumn Period.