What does the ode to elegance in The Book of Songs mean?

1, style, elegance and vulgarity refer to the three parts of China's first poetry collection, The Book of Songs. The so-called style, elegance and praise refer to the three categories of the Book of Songs according to music.

2. "Wind" refers to the national wind, that is, the folk songs of various countries in the Western Zhou Dynasty. A * * * has a group of 15, and "wind" is the general term for music. 15 group is not music from 15 countries, but music from more than ten regions. The national wind includes music songs of,, Zhai, Wei, Wang, Zheng, Qi, Wei, Tang, Qin, Qian, Chen and Cao, with a total of 160.

3. Ya is the music song of Zhou Jingdi. Zhou Jingdi was called Xia by Zhou people. In ancient times, it was elegant and universal in summer, so it was called this. "Elegance" is divided into elegance and indecency, and its meaning is similar to that of later Daqu and Xiaoqu. There are different views on the understanding of elegance. One view is that it refers to the music directly ruled by the Zhou Dynasty, and "elegance" means "righteousness". It aims to show the difference between this kind of music and other local music. It is also said that "Ya" and "Xia" are interlinked, and Xia is the name of the region directly ruled by the Zhou Dynasty. There are also views that elegance refers to elegant music that everyone can understand.

4. "Ode" means to describe and praise, and it was a music song when the rulers sacrificed. Ode is a musical work in which nobles worship ghosts and gods in their temples and praise the achievements of rulers. Dance should be accompanied when playing. 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. 4 truffles, probably Lu Xigong's works; Shang Fu is considered to be the work of Song State before the Spring and Autumn Period.