Which is the earliest poem in my country? Generally speaking, everyone thinks that "The Book of Songs" is the earliest collection of poems in my country. Naturally, many people think that the earliest poem should be the first in the collection. The first song is "Guan Ju". In fact, there are written records of earlier poems. This poem has only eight short words and is a two-character poem. The poem is called "Tan Ge" and it is an ancient ballad from ancient times. This poem has been recorded in "Wu Yue Chun Qiu" and was also included in "Original Poetry" compiled by Qing Dynasty literati.
"Playing Song"
Broken bamboo,
Renewed bamboo;
Flying earth,
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Zhu`.
The word "`" is the ancient word for "肉".
The original meaning of the poem is: to break the bamboo is to cut the bamboos off; to join the bamboos is to connect the bamboos with leather or rope to make a bow; to fly the soil is to squeeze the soil into pellets to chase (meat), Just use the made slingshot to hunt.
It seems that this poem is the oldest poetic work recorded in writing.
This is an ancient folk song that reflects the hunting life of primitive society. "Tan Ge" is selected from "Wu Yue Chun Qiu", written by Zhao Ye of the Eastern Han Dynasty. According to the "Wu Yue Spring and Autumn Annals", at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian, the king of Yue State, asked Chen Yin, an archery expert from Chu State, about the principles of bows and bullets. Chen Yin quoted this folk song in his answer. Whether it was sung or recited at that time cannot be verified, but later generations still recorded the words.
In primitive society, the ancestors made a living by hunting. Due to the low level of production capacity, slash-and-burn farming, and hunting methods are also extremely backward. With the continuous development of society, production tools have slowly been improved. After the emergence of bows and bullets (also called slingshots), it was possible to shoot both birds and animals, and the level of production capacity was improved.
The folk song "Tan Ge" summarizes the manufacturing process of "Tan" and the use of "Tan" in concise language. It shows the wisdom and intelligence of the working people and uses "Tan" to hunt for food. Food joy mood.
"Broken Bamboo, Renewed Bamboo" is a hymn to the production process of "Bamboo". This is to cut the bamboo pole first, and then connect the two ends of the cut bamboo pole with a string to make a slingshot. In this way, the production of "bomb" is completed. A pair of "bombs" is placed in front of us. Although it is simple and rough, it shows the wisdom and ingenuity of the working people and also shows the progress of social civilization.
With the "bomb", a hunting activity begins: "Flying soil, chasing meat." Projectiles were shot from the slingshot one after another, hitting the prey one after another. People chased them happily and returned with a full load. "Flying earth" refers to shooting clay projectiles. "Chasing meat" refers to hunters chasing prey such as injured birds and beasts.
Which is the earliest collection of poems in the world?
During the more than 500 years from the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC) to the late Spring and Autumn Period or the period of Confucius, the Book of Songs appeared in China ”, the oldest collection of poems “Vedas (the meaning of knowledge and learning)” appeared in India, and the famous collection of ancient poems “Homer’s Epic” appeared in Greece. In terms of time, India's "Rigveda" is the earliest poetry in the world.
China's earliest collection of poems, "The Book of Songs":
"The Book of Songs" is my country's first comprehensive collection of poems. It collects poems from about five hundred years from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period* **305 articles. It was produced approximately from 1046 BC to 500 BC.
India's earliest poetry collection "Vedas":
Veda: the meaning of knowledge and learning. *** is divided into 4 parts, "Rig Veda", "Sama Veda", "Yajur Veda" and "Atharva Veda". It was written in the Vedic period of India and was written in more modern languages ??than Indian Sanskrit. For the ancient language, for the collective creation of the people of India. Among them, "Rigveda" is the earliest, completed around 1400 BC to 1000 BC.
The earliest collection of poems in Greece, "Homer's Epic":
"Homer's Epic" was probably compiled systematically by Homer around the 9th century BC or at the latest in the 8th century BC , the complete final version appeared in the 6th century BC after the invention of Greek alphabet writing.
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