There have always been many opinions about the author of The Book of Songs, among which the most common and recognized one is the first one: The author of The Book of Songs was anonymous, and the legend was collected by Yin Jifu and later compiled by Confucius, which became a Confucian classic. It is a collective creation in 500 years, which has been collected, sorted out and continuously processed by countless people. Due to the age, the authors of 305 poems are unknown.
The Status of The Book of Songs
The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in ancient China, which was born in the ritual and music culture of the Zhou Dynasty. Later, it was widely studied and spread as one of the Five Classics. As the ancestor of poetry, The Book of Songs has a dual "identity" of Confucian classics and literature, and occupies a unique position in the history of China literature, directly or indirectly affecting the formation of some characteristics of later literature. The Book of Songs uses metaphors to express feelings and hugs, which, to a certain extent, determines the artistic characteristics of lyrical techniques in China's ancient poems, with the relationship between scenes as the main body.