1, wind
Folk songs all over the world are the essence of The Book of Songs. They sing about love, labor and other beautiful things, but also lament and anger about homesickness, yearning for people, anti-oppression and anti-bullying. They are often recited repeatedly. Each chapter in a poem is often only a few words different, which shows the characteristics of folk songs.
2. "ah"
Divided into "Elegance" and "Xiaoya", most of them are noble sacrificial poems, praying for a good harvest and praising Zude. The author of Daya is an aristocratic scholar, but he is dissatisfied with the real politics. In addition to banquet songs, sacrificial songs and epics, he also wrote some satirical poems reflecting people's wishes. Xiaoya also has some folk songs.
Step 3 chant poems
It's a sacrificial poem from the ancestral temple. The poems in Ya and Ode are of great value to the study of early history, religion and society.
Value influence
The compilation of The Book of Songs itself was in the Spring and Autumn Period, in fact, mainly for application: as a teaching book for learning music and reciting poems; As a ritual song when feasting and offering sacrifices; Thirdly, it can be used as a tool to express one's feelings in diplomatic occasions or speech responses. The diplomatic communication through poetry in the Spring and Autumn Period was very extensive, which made The Book of Songs a very important tool at that time.
On the other hand, the social function of The Book of Songs is that the society (including scholar-officials and court rulers) uses it to publicize and practice self-cultivation in governing the country. This is one of the purposes of compiling the Book of Songs, and it is also the content that some scholars strongly advocated and promoted when the Book of Songs came into being.
Baidu Encyclopedia-The Book of Songs