Key words: aesthetic comparison between realism and romanticism in Chu ci of The Book of Songs.
The Book of Songs is the glorious starting point of China literature. Its appearance and its high ideological and artistic achievements make it occupy a high position in the cultural history of China and the world. Chu Ci attracts the attention of the world for its profound thought and exquisite and rich art, and it is a model of thought and art, so that an excellent tradition of combining romantic artistic expression with patriotic dedication was formed in the later history of poetry development. The tradition of realistic and romantic poetry, represented by The Book of Songs and Songs of the South, had a far-reaching influence on later literature. The author of this paper has made some research on poetry and Sao style in his research, and now makes a superficial comparison between poetry and Sao style in terms of expression, theme and aesthetics.
First of all, the Book of Songs and Songs of the South are compared and summarized.
The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in ancient China, which contains 305 poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period. At first, it was only called The Book of Songs or 300 Poems, and it was not until Han scholars regarded it as one of the Confucian classics that it was called The Book of Songs. The works in The Book of Songs originally refer to music songs accompanied by musical instruments, so Mozi Gong Yu said, "There are 300 string poems and 300 songs." According to different music, it is divided into three parts: wind, elegance and ode, among which elegance is divided into elegance and elegance.
The 305 poems in The Book of Songs are mainly composed of poems collected by the Zhou Dynasty with the assistance of various vassal states, poems dedicated to the monarch by nobles on special occasions such as ancestor worship, feasting, hunting and house completion, and poems satirizing and praising beauty. The content is very rich and can be summarized into four aspects.
(a) Poetry reflecting love and marriage
There are many chapters in The Book of Songs about love, marriage and family life. Its Chinese style is the most artistic, mostly made by the people. Many poems frankly and boldly describe the love between young men and women. Its tone is healthy and optimistic, its feelings are sincere and warm, and it is very artistic. For example, Gao Feng Jing Nv. In addition to the joy of love, many chapters in the Book of Songs also vividly describe the anxiety of lovesickness and the pain of lovelorn love. For example, Nan Zhou Hanguang. In addition, there are some women's tragic fate, such as Feng Wei's self-protection.
(2) Poetry reflecting social contradictions
It shows the real historical picture of contradictions and conflicts in the fierce stage of Zhou society.
(3) Record Zhou tribes