First of all, from the perspective of expression, the Book of Songs mainly adopts the form of repeated chapters, each chapter has a similar structure, and expresses emotions through the ups and downs of melody. Chu Ci pays more attention to the expression of individual feelings, and uses symbolic techniques such as vanilla beauty to express the poet's feelings in a rich lyric style.
Secondly, in terms of theme, The Book of Songs mainly reflects social life, such as love, marriage, corvee and war. , and has the characteristics of universality and universality. Chu Ci expresses more the inner world of literati. For example, Qu Yuan's Li Sao is a long lyric poem full of worries and personal feelings.
In addition, in terms of artistic style, The Book of Songs is simple and natural, fresh and lively, colloquial and vulgar. However, Chu ci is more gorgeous, pursuing strange and exaggerated imagination and artistic conception, showing a strong romantic color.
The Book of Songs and the Function of Chu Ci
First of all, The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry and the earliest collection of poems in China. It contains more than 300 poems from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, including social customs, folk songs, weddings, banquets and other social life at that time, reflecting the social outlook from the early Zhou Dynasty to the weekend. It is not only a valuable heritage of ancient culture in China, but also an important material for studying ancient society in China.
Secondly, The Book of Songs has a great influence on the form and content of China's ancient poems. Its form of linking chapters has become an important formal feature of China's later poems, and its expressive techniques such as Fu, Bi and Xing have also become important techniques of China's ancient poems. In addition, the book of songs covers a wide range, including love, war, corvee, farming and so on. This also has a great influence on the content of China's ancient poems.
In addition, the appearance of Chu Ci has played an important role in promoting the development of China's ancient poetry. It adopts Chu's poetic forms, dialects, myths and legends, has strong local characteristics and romantic colors, and is the beginning of China's romantic poetry tradition. Its appearance injected new elements into China's ancient poetry and promoted the development and innovation of poetry.
In addition, Chu Ci also has an important influence on later literature. Its expression and ideological content influenced later generations' poetry, prose, novels and other literary forms, especially Qu Yuan's Li Sao, which became the source of inspiration for later generations' writers.
Finally, from the perspective of cultural inheritance, The Book of Songs and Songs of the South are both valuable cultural heritages of China. They represent the different characteristics and styles of ancient China literature and are an important part of China culture. By studying and studying these works, we can better understand the ancient society and culture of China, and also provide reference and enlightenment for our literary creation and cultural inheritance today.