The poems recorded in The Book of Songs have a long time span, covering more than 500 years of social life from the early Western Zhou Dynasty (BC 1 1 century) to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period (6th century BC), covering a wide area, from the north of the Yellow River to Jianghan Valley.
The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China. It is a treasure of the Chinese nation. The Book of Songs was originally named "Poetry", and there were 305 * * * poems (in addition, there were 6 poems with titles and no content, which was called "Sheng Poetry"), so it was also called "Poetry 300".
Confucianism regarded it as a classic from the beginning of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, so it was called The Book of Songs. Mao Heng in Han Dynasty annotated The Book of Songs, so it was also called Mao Shi. Most of the authors of the poems in The Book of Songs cannot be verified.
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The Language Style of The Book of Songs
The language form of The Book of Songs is vivid and colorful, which can often achieve "twice the result with half the effort" and "full of emotions"? . However, the language style and national style of Ya and Song are different. Most of the chapters in Ya and Song use a strict four-character case, with few miscellaneous words, while there are many miscellaneous words in the national style.
In "Xiaoya" and "National Style", repeated chapters and sentences are often used, but they are rare in the aspect of appealing to both refined and popular tastes. There are many modal particles, such as, zhi, zhi, die, Hu, er, yi, ye, etc. These modal particles have also appeared in Ya and Ode, but they are not as numerous and varied as those in National Custom.
The wonderful use of modal particles in national style has enhanced the vividness and vividness of poetry and reached a vivid situation. The different linguistic features of elegance, praise and national style reflect the changes of the times and society, as well as the differences in the identity of the creative subject.
"Ode to Ya" is mostly a work of the Western Zhou Dynasty, written by nobles, which embodies the dignity of "Elegant Music". "National Custom" is mostly works in the Spring and Autumn Period, mostly collected from the people, which more embodies the freedom and boldness of the new voice and is close to the spoken language at that time.
Baidu Encyclopedia-The Book of Songs