The Book of Songs is the earliest book in China. What is this? How many years in history?

The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China with a history of about 3,000 years. The Book of Songs was written in the middle of 6th century BC, and it is said that it was written by Confucius, the founder of Confucianism. It is China's first collection of poems, with 305 works, which are divided into three parts: style, elegance and ode, all named after music.

The lyrics in The Book of Songs are the mainstream. The Book of Songs is almost all lyric poems except the epic poem in Daya and several chapters in Xiaoya and Guofeng. Moreover, from the perspective of the maturity of poetry art, the level of lyric poetry is obviously higher than that of narrative poetry.

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On the whole, The Book of Songs has obvious political and moral color. Whether it is mainly produced in the upper class of society or in the folk, there are a considerable number of poems, which are closely related to current affairs and politics and criticize the improper behavior and moral corruption of rulers.

Although its significance mainly lies in maintaining a reasonable degree of rule and giving people more relaxed living conditions, it is of course valuable for the development of society. Caring about social and political morality and daring to criticize the corruption of the ruling class should be said to be the Excellence of the Book of Songs.

Baidu Encyclopedia-The Book of Songs