Try to compare the similarities and differences in ideological content and art between The Book of Songs and Yuefu.

The Book of Songs is China's first collection of poems, including 305 poems from the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period. There are six arts in The Book of Songs, namely "Ode to Elegant Music". "ode to elegance" is the content classification, and "wind" refers to the national style, that is, the folk songs of various countries, which is the essence of the book; Elegant is a historical poem and allegorical poem of noble literati; Ode is a sacrificial song. "Fu is better than action" is an artistic technique, and "Fu" refers to communication and narration. "Bi" refers to metaphor; "Xing" means getting started, that is, taking advantage of the topic and going straight to the subject. The writing of The Book of Songs is realistic. Famous articles include Guan Ju and Mang.

Yuefu is divided into Han Yuefu, Nan Yuefu and Bei Yuefu.

Han Yuefu: A musical organ established by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, responsible for collecting, producing and arranging music for the court to sing. Most of them reflect the sufferings of the people, shape the characters, and the plot is relatively complete, which indicates the maturity of narrative poetry in China. Famous articles include the Tenth Five-Year Conscription, Long Songs and East Gate Tour.

Yuefu in Southern Dynasties: Most of them are love songs, which are subtle, euphemistic and touching, such as Xizhou Song.

Yuefu in Northern Dynasties: simple and vigorous, straightforward and frank, with a wide range of contents, including war songs, love songs and pastoral songs, such as Chile Song and Mulan Ci.