1, the song of sacrifice in the ancestral temple. China paid special attention to sacrifice in ancient times, and the songs of sacrifice in ancestral temples were preserved in Three Odes and Elegance. Its central content is to praise the achievements of ancestors and incumbent kings or princes.
2. Ancient national epic. Elegance consists of five poems: Sheng Min, Gong Liu, Mian, Huang Yi and Daming. It describes the historical traces and legends from the birth of Hou Ji, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, to the destruction of the Shang Dynasty by the King of Wu. It is an ancient national epic of the Zhou Dynasty.
Second, farming poetry
1, agricultural prayer song. At present, courtiers include, Xi and Feng Ke. Most of these poems praise the vast land, numerous farmers, spectacular labor scenes and bumper harvests.
2. The song of productive labor.
Third, Yan Yan and the poem "Blessing"
In The Book of Songs, Yan Yan's poems, which mainly focus on the gathering and feasting of relatives and friends, more reflect the happy and harmonious scenes of the upper class, showing a strong patriarchal concept and the warmth between relatives. There are also some poems in The Book of Songs that bless the nobles and wish their descendants prosperity and all the best.
Fourth, complain about poetry. Complaining poems are poems that reflect the chaos of the times and criticize the disadvantages of the times, which are mainly manifested in wind poems and elegant poems.
Five, the war corvee poem
1, praise the war positively: some war poems in the Book of Songs describe the martial arts of emperors and generals, and are full of high morale and optimism.
2. Tired of war and longing for peace.
3. Resentment against the heavy corvee and the sufferings of officers.
4. "Elegy of Missing Women": From the perspective of missing women, it expresses the pain of lovesickness caused by the separation of husband and wife caused by war, corvee and servant.
Sixth, love poems. It occupies a large proportion in the Book of Songs, with a large number and rich content, and it is the most wonderful and moving chapter in the Book of Songs.
Seven, other content, such as patriotism, thinking of the old country, etc.
In a word, The Book of Songs, with its realistic spirit, most widely reflected all aspects of social life at that time, and laid a fine tradition of China's poetry facing reality directly and reflecting reality.