The Book of Songs is my country's first collection of poems. It collects 305 poems from more than 500 years from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle Spring and Autumn Period. "The Book of Songs" was written around the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. It was originally called "Shi". Confucius mentioned this name many times, or it was called "Three Hundred Poems" based on the number of poems. It was originally just a collection of poems.
Since the Han Dynasty, Confucian scholars have regarded "The Book of Songs" as a classic, respectfully calling it "The Book of Songs" and including it among the "Five Classics". Its original literary nature has become closely related to politics, morality, etc. The connected textbooks for educating people are also called "poetry".
The Book of Songs as a whole is an image reflection of the social life of China during the five hundred years of the Zhou Dynasty's rise and decline. It contains hymns about ancestors' entrepreneurship, music for worshiping gods and ghosts; There are also moving chapters reflecting labor, hunting, and a large number of love affairs, marriages, and social customs.
The three hundred and five poems in "The Book of Songs" are divided into three parts: Feng, Ya and Song. "Wind" means local customs and folk songs, which are folk songs from various places. "Wind" includes folk songs from fifteen places, namely "Fifteen Country Winds", consisting of 160 articles.
"Ya" means formal elegant music, which is the orthodox palace music. "Ya" is divided into "Daya" (used for grand banquet ceremonies) and "Xiaoya" (used for general banquet ceremonies). There are 105 chapters in one chapter.
"Song" is a sacrificial song, which is used in palaces and ancestral temples to worship ancestors, pray and praise gods. There are about forty pieces in existence. Three hundred and five poems in the Book of Songs.
Extensively reflects all aspects of social life at that time, covering politics, economy, ethics, astronomy, geography, diplomacy, customs, literature and art. It is known as the encyclopedia of life in ancient society and has great influence on future generations. Had a profound impact.