The author of The Book of Songs is anonymous, and most of them cannot be verified. They were collected by Yin Jifu and edited by Confucius. In the pre-Qin period, the Book of Songs was called "The Book of Songs", or it was called "The Book of Songs 300" by integers. In the Western Han Dynasty, it was honored as a Confucian classic, formerly known as The Book of Songs, which has been in use ever since. The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: style, elegance and ode.
The origin of the name
The Book of Songs was written in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. Originally called The Book of Songs. Confucius mentioned this name many times, such as: "The Book of Songs is 300. In a word, it says' thinking without evil' ". "Reciting 300 Poems, teaching them as politics, is unattainable; Make it all-round, not exclusive. Although a lot, what do you think? "
Sima Qian also recorded this name, such as: "Three hundred poems, probably written by sages when they were angry."
Because there are 3 1 1 in the later versions handed down from generation to generation, it is called "Poetry 300" for the convenience of narration. It was renamed The Book of Songs because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took The Book of Songs, Li, Yi and Chunqiu as five classics.