Confucius proposed that The Book of Songs has four main functions: 1

Confucius once proposed that The Book of Songs has four functions:

1. "Xing" means to stimulate personal thinking and interest in social life through appreciation of works.

2. "View" refers to understanding various situations of nature and social life through works and seeing through political gains and losses.

3. "Group" refers to discussing with others around work and exchanging thoughts and feelings.

4. "Resentment" refers to expressing dissatisfaction with social politics and venting inner feelings.

The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China. Collected poems from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (1 1 century to the 6th century), including * * * 31,among which 6 poems were filled, reflecting the social outlook of about 500 years from the early Zhou Dynasty to the weekend. It is divided into three parts: style, elegance and praise in content, and into three categories: Fu, Bi and Xing in expression methods.