Fu is one of the most basic expressions in The Book of Songs, and there are countless examples of this kind of direct narration. The July wind focuses on fu, which describes the life of farmers all year round in the order of seasonal phenology. Others, such as the unfortunate experience of abandoning his wife for self-protection, the scene of a small farmhouse in the evening in "Gentleman Speak", and drumming.
"Xing" is usually used at the beginning of a poem. The images in the folk songs of The Book of Songs are mostly natural flowers and trees, birds and animals, insects and fish, mountains and rivers, the sun, the moon and the stars. Such as brilliant peach blossoms, singing pigeons, green bamboos and bright moons. These images themselves make people feel beautiful and poetic, and this is the beauty of xing.
The Millennium is frost. The so-called Iraqis are on the water side. Go back, the road is blocked and long. Go back to it, it's in the middle of the water.
I'm sorry, the Millennium is still there. The so-called Iraqis are in the water. They swam back and forth from there and the road was blocked. They swim back and forth in the water.
The dew hasn't touched yet. The so-called Iraqis are in the water. Go back and forth from it, the road is blocked, that's right. Go back and forth from there and swim in the water.
This poem sings three sighs and expresses the yearning for the elusive Iraqi people. The lush and clear dew used to cheer up the spirit and the sad and disappointed mood of the protagonist set off each other, making the whole poem full of a touch of sadness. Wang Guowei once praised him as "the most attractive person", which is due to the wonderful use of "Xing".
"Bi" can be seen everywhere in folk songs, and its use makes the poetic language more vivid. For example, Shuo Ren uses six metaphors to praise the beauty of women:
Soft, skin solidified, collar like a salamander, teeth like a rhinoceros, a cicada's head drooping.
These metaphors vividly depict the beauty of women, which makes people feel that they are almost heard and seen. Therefore, these metaphors have been continuously used by later generations and become idioms to describe the beauty of women. Others, such as using toads to compare dissolute and lewd Wei Zhuanggong (Xintai) and beautiful flowers to compare a woman's face (with a lesbian car), are equally appropriate and realistic.
Folk songs in "National Wind" often use metaphors to visualize abstract feelings and even morality, such as the following sentence:
I am full of bandits, but I can't turn around. My heart is full of bandits, and I can't roll it up ... My heart is full of worries, like bandits washing clothes. (White Boat)
If you don't see a gentleman, you will be hungry. "Nan Zhou Rufen")
There are bandits and gentlemen, such as cutting, cutting and grinding ... there are bandits and gentlemen, such as gold, tin and jade. ("Feng Weiqiao")
His son is as beautiful as an Englishman ... and his son is as beautiful as jade. ("Feng Wei Fen Ju Xun")
These novel and vivid metaphors greatly enhance the expressive force of language.
The Book of Songs generally consists of several chapters, with only one or two words changed between each chapter, such as Caige:
A day without seeing, such as March.
He took care of him, but he didn't see him all day, just like him.
He loves Xi. He hasn't seen me for a day, as if he were only three years old.
Only six words have been changed between three chapters of this poem, and all other languages are the same. This is a repetitive structural form. This form is unique to folk songs. Most folk songs are improvisational lyric works, and their whole purpose is only to express feelings. However, the language of folk songs in the Book of Songs is washed and practiced, and often a few words can show the theme.