The author of The Book of Songs is anonymous, and most of them cannot be verified. They were collected by Yin Jifu and edited by Confucius. It laid the foundation of realism in China's classical literature and was regarded as a Confucian classic by later generations.
The Book of Songs, one of the "Six Great Arts" of Confucianism, is a poem that earned more than 500 years from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (1 1 century to the 6th century before). Written in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, it was originally named "Poetry", so the integer is called "Poetry 305".
Since the Han Dynasty, Confucian scholars have regarded the Book of Songs as a classic and listed it in the Five Classics. Its original literary nature has become a textbook closely related to politics and morality, also known as "poetry teaching". Mao Heng in Han Dynasty annotated The Book of Songs, so it was also called Mao Shi.
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The 305 poems in The Book of Songs are divided into three parts: style, elegance and ode. "Wind" is the local wind, wind ballads, that is, folk songs around the country. The Wind contains 15 local folk songs, namely the Wind of Fifteen Countries, with a total of 160 pieces.
"Ya" is a formal and elegant music and an orthodox court music song. "Elegance" is divided into "Elegance" (used for grand banquets) and "Elegance" (used for general banquets), with article 105.
"Ode" is a kind of sacrificial music song, which is used to worship ancestors, pray and praise the gods in the imperial temple. There are 40 articles. The 305 poems in The Book of Songs widely reflect all aspects of social life at that time, covering politics, economy, ethics, astronomy, geography, diplomacy, customs, literature and art. They are known as the encyclopedia of life in ancient society and have a far-reaching influence on later generations.
Baidu Encyclopedia-The Book of Songs (the earliest collection of poems in China)