Why is it not reliable to delete poems?

A: The main reasons against Confucius' theory of deleting poems are as follows: 1. The Twenty-nine Years of Zuo Zhuan's "xianggong" records that Wu Gongzi met in Lu; Confucius was only 8 years old at that time, so it was impossible to delete it. Second, Confucius himself only said "to be happy" and did not say that "poetry" should be deleted. Thirdly, there are many "obscene poems" in The Book of Songs. Why are these poems that do not conform to Confucius' thought of propriety, music and benevolence not deleted? Fourthly, the poems quoted in various historical books in the pre-Qin period can also be found in today's The Book of Songs. There were only 300 poems at that time. Even if Confucius deleted poems, because he was only one of the philosophers at that time, his influence was not great, not to mention his previous works.

Deleting a poem, pronounced shān shīι, is a Chinese character, which means that Confucius deleted the poem. According to the historical records. Confucius family. Historical records of Confucius' family. It is said that there are more than 3,000 ancient poems, and 300 poems that can be applied to etiquette and righteousness have been removed, all of which were sung by Confucius in order to combine martial arts with elegant sounds. Later generations took Sima Qian closer to ancient times, so what he said must be well-founded, so we should believe it more. However, there are also skeptics. For example, Tang Kong said in "Poems": "History books say that before Confucius, there were many poems, and the poems cited in the case books were seen by many people, but there were few dead people, so Confucius couldn't afford nine places, and Ma Tan had more than 3,000 ancient poems, which is not credible."