1. Guan Guan Jiujiu, in the river island, a graceful lady, a gentleman who likes to fight. "The Book of Songs? National Style? Zhou Nan? Guanyong"
Translation: The waterfowl should sing in harmony, in pairs on the river beach. A beautiful and virtuous girl is my best partner.
2. The jianjia is green and the white dew is frost. The so-called beauty is on the water side. "The Book of Songs? Guo Feng? Qin Feng? Jian Jia"
Translation: The newly born reeds are green and green, and the white dew condenses into frost. The sweetheart I fall in love with is on the other side of the water.
3. The peach blossoms shine brightly. "The Book of Songs? National Style? Zhou Nan? Taoyao"
Translation: The peach trees are luxuriant and the peach blossoms are brilliant.
4. A charming smile and beautiful eyes. "The Book of Songs? National Style? Wei Style? Master"
Translation: Smiling with pretty dimples, clear black and white eyes.
The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry. It is the earliest collection of poems. It was originally called "Shi" or "Three Hundred Poems". It collects poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (from the 11th century BC to the 6th century), there are a total of 305 poems, 6 of which are Sheng poems, which only have titles and no content, and are called the six Sheng poems, which reflect the social outlook of about 500 years from the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty to the late Zhou Dynasty.
Confucius once summarized the purpose of the "Book of Songs" as "innocence" and taught his disciples to read the "Book of Songs" as the standard for speech and action. Among the pre-Qin scholars, many quoted the Book of Songs. For example, Mencius, Xunzi, Mozi, Zhuangzi, Han Feizi, etc. often quoted sentences from the Book of Songs to enhance their persuasiveness when reasoning and demonstrating. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Book of Songs was regarded as a classic by Confucianists and became one of the Six Classics and the Five Classics.
The Book of Songs is rich in content, reflecting labor and love, war and corvee, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and banquets, and even celestial phenomena, landforms, animals, plants and other aspects. It is a masterpiece of Zhou Dynasty It is a mirror of social life and is known as the encyclopedia of life in ancient society.