The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China. Its high achievements in thought and art shine with eternal glory in the history of China and even the world literature.
The Book of Songs was originally named Poems, and it is also called 300 Poems because there are 365,438+065,438+0 preferred poems (6 poems without eyes). Confucius regarded 300 Poems as a textbook for moral education, and later Confucianism regarded it as a classic, so the name of The Book of Songs appeared. The earliest poems in The Book of Songs are probably works in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and the latest works are works in the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, which spans about six centuries. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, China's music and poetry reached a very high level. Musicians of the Zhou royal family and various vassal States collected poems from various regions and classes through various channels and arranged performances. After entering the Spring and Autumn Period, although social unrest and military disasters continued, this work was not interrupted. After such a long period of accumulation, it is said that The Book of Songs was edited by Confucius.
According to the different music, The Book of Songs divides the works into three categories: wind, elegance and fu. Wind, also known as national wind, is music with local colors, mostly folk songs. "National Style" * * 160 articles, including,, Iraq, Wei, Wang, Zheng, Qi, Wei, Tang, Qin, Yi, Chen and Cao * * * 15 regions and countries. "Ya" refers to the music in the area directly ruled by the Zhou Dynasty, and "Ya" means "Zheng". Calling this kind of music "Zheng Sheng" is intended to show that it is different from music in other regions. There are 105 elegant poems, most of which are the works of court officials and doctors, and a few are folk songs. Ode is a musical work in which nobles worship ghosts and gods in temples and praise the achievements of ancestors and rulers. It is divided into Zhou Song, Truffle and Ode to Shang, with 40 songs in total. The essence of The Book of Songs mainly lies in the national style. Many of these works were written orally by the people at that time, which truly described the social outlook at that time and reflected the people's wishes and demands of opposing oppression and exploitation and pursuing freedom, happiness and an ideal life.