The classic famous sentences in "The Book of Songs" come from "Guanyong", "Shiwei", "Jianjia", etc.
"Guan Ju"
Guan Guan Jujiu, in the river continent. A graceful lady, a gentleman is fond of quarrels.
Scattered waterlilies flow left and right. A graceful lady, I long for her.
I can’t get what I want, so I sleep hard and think about it. It's a leisurely journey, tossing and turning.
Pick the waterlilies from left to right. A graceful lady, she is a friend of the piano and the harp.
There are different kinds of waterlilies, which are sprouted on the left and right sides. The fair lady is played with bells and drums.
Since "Guan Ju" not only recognizes the love between men and women as natural and normal feelings, but also requires that such feelings be restrained and made consistent with social virtues, people in later generations often take what they need. On the one hand, people who resist the inhuman oppression of feudal ethics often use the authoritative banner of "Guan Ju" to assert their right to satisfy their personal emotions. The so-called poetry has no clear explanation, which can be seen in "Guan Ju".
"Shi Wei"
Shi Wei, Shi Wei, will Hu not return? Because of Wei Jun, why is Hu exposed in the middle?
Decline, decline, will Hu not return? Why is the bow of Weijun in the mud?
"Shi Wei" is a poem from the First Qin Dynasty. It uses rhetorical methods such as rhetorical questions, argot, and intertextuality to express emotions in a subtle and affectionate way. The stress is changed and the rhymes are harmonious. It has both long and short sentence patterns, a strong sense of rhythm, harmonious and beautiful rhymes, and extremely sophisticated wording. Decline has also become a commonly used image in later generations of poetry, and has a profound impact on later generations of classical poetry.
"Jianjia"
Jianjia is green, and the white dew is frost. The so-called beauty is on the water side.
If you follow it back, the road will be long and blocked. Traveling back from it, Wan is in the middle of the water.
The leaves are luxuriant, and the white dew is still shining. The so-called beauty is on the water.
Retrospect and follow it, but the road is blocked and you can advance. If you go back and swim from it, you will feel like you are swimming in the water.
The jianjia is collected, and the white dew has not stopped. The so-called beauty is in the river of water.
Looking back, the road is blocked and to the right. If you go back and swim from it, you will be swimming in the water.
There have always been great differences of opinion regarding the content of this poem. Here, let us first interpret it as a love poem: it is written in pursuit of the unavailable person you yearn for. "Jian Jia" belongs to "Qin Feng". Qin Feng's ten chapters are mostly folk songs from this area during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.