The earliest collection of poems in China is the Book of Songs.
The Book of Songs is the beginning of China's ancient poems, and it is also the earliest collection of poems. It has collected 311 poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, and from the 11th century to the 6th century, * * * of which 6 poems are Sheng poems, that is, there are only titles but no contents, which are called Sheng poems. It reflects the social features and customs of about 5 years from the early Zhou Dynasty to the late Zhou Dynasty.
1. Most of the authors of
The Book of Songs are anonymous, and most of them are collected by Yin Jifu and edited by Confucius. In the pre-Qin period, the Book of Songs was called Poetry, or it was called Poetry 3 in whole numbers. In the Western Han Dynasty, it was honored as a Confucian classic, and it was originally called the Book of Songs, which has been used ever since.
2. The Book of Songs
The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: style, elegance and ode. Wind is a ballad in all parts of the Zhou Dynasty. Elegance is the sincere elegance of Zhou people, and it is divided into lesser and elegant; Ode is a music song sacrificed by Zhou Wangting and aristocratic ancestral temple, which is divided into Zhou Song, Lu Song and Shang Song.
3, reflecting labor and love
The Book of Songs is rich in content, reflecting labor and love, war and corvee, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and banquets, and even astronomical phenomena, landforms, animals, plants and other aspects. It is a mirror of social life in the Zhou Dynasty and is known as an encyclopedia of life in ancient society.
4. It had a great influence
The Book of Songs had a great influence on China culture, which cultivated early literary talents in China and made poetry and distance a way of life and attitude towards life. At the same time, the Book of Songs also profoundly influenced China's ancient artistic aesthetic concepts, such as Fu, Bi and Xing, which were widely used.
In addition, the longing for a better life and the understanding of human nature expressed in the Book of Songs have always been important elements in China culture. It is the first collection of poems in China, and it includes poems from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period. It is China's earliest collection of poems. * * * Income from the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The creation time lasted about 5 years from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was divided into three parts: wind, elegance and praise.