The poem Jiaxu expresses a kind of depression and melancholy that can't be tolerated by courtship. The poem Jiaxu comes from Qin Feng in the national style of The Book of Songs. It was produced about 2550 years ago, and it was a folk song that spread in Qin at that time. The whole poem consists of three chapters, each with eight sentences, and the rhythm is harmonious and beautiful.
There have been different opinions about the meaning of the poem Jiaxu since ancient times. Some scholars used to think that this poem was used to satirize Qin Xianggong's poor governance at that time, while others thought that this poem expressed his helplessness and regret because he could not recruit talents. Now we generally read Jia Jian as a love poem, and its thoughts and feelings are courting the people in our hearts.
The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China's educational history. * * * contains more than 300 poems from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, which most authors cannot verify. In the Western Han Dynasty, The Book of Songs was once regarded as a Confucian classic. According to the content of his poems, it is generally divided into three parts. The first category is wind, which is a summary of local ballads (folk songs); The second category is "elegance", which mainly focuses on the correct and elegant music of Zhou people; Finally, the third category is Fu, which contains all the music and songs sacrificed in the ancestral temple.