The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China. It reflects the social life of ancient slaves in China for more than 500 years from the early Western Zhou Dynasty (1 1 century BC) to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (6th century BC). It is the crystallization of the wisdom and experience of the ancient people in China. It laid a deep literary foundation for China's poetry creation and had a far-reaching influence in the history of literature and culture. It is a wonderful flower in the treasure house of China literature.
There are 305 articles in The Book of Songs, which can be divided into "wind", "elegance" and "ode" according to their contents. According to creative techniques, it can be divided into "Fu", "Bi" and "Xing". Together, it is called the six meanings of the Book of Songs. Wind *** 160 articles, collectively referred to as the fifteen-country wind; Ya, the official pronunciation of Kyoto in the Western Zhou Dynasty, is divided into Daya (365,438+0) and (74) * * * 65,438+005, mostly written by officials or literati. Ode is a musical song or dance music used by princes in ancestral temples. It is divided into Zhou Song (3 1), truffle (4) and Shangsong (5), which are collectively called "Three Fu" (***40).