The Book of Songs is China's first collection of poems, formerly known as Shi Pin, or 300 Poems. There are 305 * * * poems and 6 sheng poems, all of which have no words. From the early Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, it was compiled into books in the 6th century BC. The area is equivalent to Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong and northern Hubei. Authors include people from all walks of life, from aristocrats to civilians.
Including poems presented by officials and scholars, folk poems and music songs in religious banquets preserved by music officials in Zhou Dynasty. According to the wind, elegance and praise, they are divided into three categories, all of which are music songs at first. Daya 3 1 Western Zhou Dynasty works, most of which were written in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and a few were written in the Western Weekend; There are 74 works by Xiaoya, except a few of which may be works of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the rest are works of the late Western Zhou Dynasty.
Characteristics of The Book of Songs:
The content is extensive, based on social reality, without falsehood and grotesque, and there are few supernatural myths. Sacrifice, feasting and farming are the products of Zhou social economy and ritual culture; The descriptions of the current situation, war corvee, marriage and love in other poems are descriptions of the political situation, social life, customs and people's feelings at that time. It reveals the spiritual outlook and emotional world of Zhou people, is the earliest realistic poem of China, and lays the tradition of China's poems facing reality. Its realistic spirit is particularly prominent in the national style and "two elegance".
The epic of Zhou people in Daya reproduces the history of the occurrence and development of Zhou people; The bitter poems in elegance show the poet's concern for reality, full of anxiety and enthusiasm for interfering in politics, and further strengthen the depth of reflecting reality; National style works are more about describing life, showing the poet's emotion, personality and attitude towards life.