Six meanings source:
Preface: "Therefore, poetry has six meanings: one is wind, the other is fu, the third is comparison, the fourth is pride, the fifth is elegance, and the sixth is fu." It is generally believed that style, elegance and silence are the classification of poetry; Fu, Bi and Xing are the expressive methods of poetry.
Interpretation of six meanings:
Nouns in the study of the book of songs. It is generally believed that style, elegance and ode are the classification and content theme of poetry; Fu, Bi and Xing are the expressive methods of poetry. Among them, wind, elegance and praise are divided according to different music. Zheng Qiao said: "The voice of rural customs is the wind, the voice of the court is elegant, and the voice of the ancestral temple is ode." (Preface to General Records) Fu, Bi and Xing are divided according to the means of expression.
A New Interpretation of Preface to Shi Mao;
Wind means that poetry can ridicule politics and has ironic effect; Fu refers to the writing of telling the truth; Comparison is the metaphor of khufu; Xing, that is, poetry has the function of "feeling things and expressing aspirations"; Elegance means being positive; Odes are dance music praising the gods.
On Feng, Ya and Ode;
1, Introduction to Wind:
"Wind", also known as "national wind", has 15 group, and "wind" is the general term of music. 15 group is not music from 15 countries, but music from more than ten regions. The national wind includes 160 music songs of,, Yi, Wei, Wang, Zheng, Qi, Wei, Tang, Qin, Qian, Chen and Cao.
National wind was a popular local song at that time, with local color. In terms of content, most of them are folk songs. The authors are mostly folk singers, but there are also some nobles.
2. Introduction to Ya:
Elegance refers to elegant music that everyone can understand. Ya *** 105, divided into Ya 3 1 and 74 articles. Elegant is mostly the works of court officials and doctors, and a few are folk songs. Its content is almost all about politics, some praise good people and good politics, and some satirize bad politics. There are only a few poems expressing personal feelings. But there are no love poems.
3. Introduction to Khufu's Ode:
Ode is a musical work in which nobles worship ghosts and gods in temples and praise the merits of rulers. You should play with the dance. It is divided into Zhou Song, Truffles and Ode to Shang, with 40 articles in total. Among them, Song of Zhou (3 1 piece) is considered to be a work of the Western Zhou Dynasty, mostly written before King Zhao of Zhou. There are four truffles, which are considered as Lu Xigong's silent works.