The humanistic spirit of The Book of Songs is embodied in the admiration and guidance of traditional etiquette and moral ethics. Various hymns in The Book of Songs, such as, Song and, express people's respect and harmony for the relationship between monarch and minister, father and son, and husband and wife. All kinds of poems endowed with emotional and moral education in The Book of Songs have played an important role in people's emotional and moral cultivation, and also embodied humanistic values.
However, "Songs of the South" pays more attention to the expression of personal feelings and the criticism of social reality. Li Sao, Jiu Ge and other chapters in the Songs of the South express the author's unique views on fate, power and love with his own personal experience and thinking about social reality. The humanistic spirit of Songs of the South also includes the concern for human nature and life, and the concern for individuals and their fate.