Was the Book of Songs written by ancient people? Does it mean that the education level of ancient people is very high?

The Book of Songs was not written by ancient people, but by ancient aristocrats, which cannot represent the high cultural level of ancient people. The authors of The Book of Songs are mostly anonymous, so we don't know whether the authors of these poems are literati or the masses. However, The Book of Songs is of great significance to the development of China literature, and its content is also very rich, including all aspects of society. Later generations called this book? A mirror of social life in the Zhou Dynasty? .

The Book of Songs occupies a very important position in China's literary world. The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in the history of China. Yes, it is the beginning of China's ancient poems. The content described by this theory also reflects the social outlook from the early years of the Zhou Dynasty to the late years of the Zhou Dynasty, which is more conducive to our study of the history of the Zhou Dynasty. The Book of Songs was called "The Book of Songs" in the Qin Dynasty and "The Book of Songs" in the Western Han Dynasty, which became the Confucian classics we know now. Confucius also advocated his disciples to read the Book of Songs carefully, and repeatedly quoted the poems in the Book of Songs to teach his disciples.

The content in The Book of Songs includes all levels of society. The Book of Songs is rich in content, describing war, labor, love, oppression, corvee, marriage, customs and feasting. All aspects of society, some of which also describe animals, astronomical phenomena and plants, give us a deeper understanding of the lives of the ancients. There are only over 300 poems in The Book of Songs. It is said that there are over 3,000 poems in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which have been handed down to this day110. The Book of Songs is the beginning of China's poetry, and most of the poems in the Tang Dynasty were also created on the basis of the Book of Songs.

Poetry in The Book of Songs can be divided into three aspects, namely, style, elegance and eulogy. Most of them are folk songs from all over the world, the essence of which is to praise labor, love and beautiful things. Most of the contents of Ya are noble sacrificial songs, some are local folk songs, and some are ironic. The content of ode is mostly ancestral temple sacrifice songs, which is of great value to our investigation of ancient religion and history.