The Book of Songs is the beginning of China's ancient poems and the earliest collection of poems.
The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China, which was called "Poetry" or "Poetry 300" in the pre-Qin period, and was later compiled by Confucius. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted Dong Zhongshu's suggestion of "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone", and honored The Book of Songs as a classic, which is still in use today.
The Influence of The Book of Songs
The beauty of The Book of Songs lies in its simplicity and implication, which contains the simplest beauty and the most sincere emotion. It is catchy and has endless cultural connotations.
The Book of Songs fully shows the social life of China in the Zhou Dynasty, and truly reflects the historical features of the slave society in China from prosperity to decline.