Lu Ming is the "elegant" part of "The Book of Songs", which is divided into Daya and Xiaoya, collectively called "Two Ya".
Ya, Yayue, that is, the positive tune, refers to the poetry and music in the Haojing area, the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty at that time. There are currently seventy-four chapters in the Xiaoya part.
This is a banquet poem. There have always been many debates about its purpose. There are generally two opinions: beautiful poetry and poetic poetry. The poem consists of three chapters, with eight lines in each chapter, singing about the host's respect for guests, the guests' virtues, and the sustaining effect of banquet activities on people's hearts. From the content point of view, it is upright and straight, and from the style point of view, it is neutral and elegant. It is both plump and melodious, and has a peaceful atmosphere. Especially the opening chapter, which starts with the sound of deer, is fresh and simple.
The article "Deer Ming" in "The Book of Songs" contains three major categories of cultural connotations, namely etiquette, deer crowing banquet, and deer.
1 The "Lu Ming Banquet" is a banquet stipulated in the imperial examination system. It started in the Tang Dynasty and continued in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the day after the results of the provincial examination were released, a banquet was held for the imperial examiners and internal and external officials. The poem "The Book of Songs" The "Deer Ming" chapter in "The Deer Ming Banquet" can be called the "Deer Ming Banquet". During the banquet, the song "Deer Ming" is played first, and then the song "Deer Ming" is read aloud to liven up the atmosphere and show a certain man's talent.
2 The ritual and music culture is an important part of the culture of the Zhou Dynasty. The Book of Songs is to a large extent the carrier of the ritual and music culture of the Zhou Dynasty. The feast poems in the Book of Songs reflect different etiquette contents. , and can be divided into three types: feasting ceremony poems, Yan ceremony poems, and rural drinking ceremony poems. The feasting ceremony poems represent a symbolic banquet held by the Emperor of Zhou in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. For example, the poem "Lu Ming" refers to the emperor. The poem about banquets for ministers and guests was later also used for noble banquet guests.
3 The original biological habits of the elk and the cultural background of the metaphorical thinking and totem worship of the ancestors gave birth to the metaphor of the deer as a metaphor for the gentleman. and the humanistic connotation of women. In the poem "Deer Ming", after discovering the food, the deer made a "yoyo" sound, caring for his companions and inviting him to eat, which reflects the two characteristics of the deer's docility and friendliness.