The content of love poems in The Book of Songs is very extensive. It can be said that all aspects of love and marriage in the Zhou Dynasty are well described in the love and marriage poems in The Book of Songs. We can be roughly summarized into three aspects: (1) love poems reflecting mutual admiration, admiration and yearning between men and women. The Zhou Dynasty was an era when ethics was first established and ancient customs still existed. Because there are few taboos about marriage and love, the love poems in The Book of Songs are particularly free and lively, with both the indulgence of "too early judgment" and the simplicity of "harmony between heaven and earth". They truly convey the hearts of boys and girls and vividly reproduce the secular life of love between men and women in the Zhou Dynasty, with rich and colorful contents. Including: (1) mutual admiration between men and women. For example, "Zheng Feng outside the East Gate" is about a man who has a special liking for the one who wears clothes and towels; The woman in Uncle Zheng Feng Yutian praised her beloved uncle for being brave and handsome, with both ability and political integrity, which is unparalleled in the world. (2) Men and women get together. For example, "Zheng Yan" writes the first quarter moon, and young men and women are laughing at the spring outing on the banks of Qinshui and Surabaya, and the springs are wandering and tourists are weaving. And "Quiet Girl" is about men's deep affection for women in the corner of the city when women tease their lovers. (3) Real and profound lovesickness between men and women. For example, "Feng Wang Caige" uses "I don't see you for a day, like Sanqiu" to express the pain of lovesickness when I leave; "Zheng Fengji" wrote; Some write about the melancholy you can't wait for, such as Jian Qin. (4) Some write about the pursuit of freedom of marriage and love, such as Bai Zhou and Zheng Fengzhongzi. After falling in love, it is marriage. The second aspect of the love poems in The Book of Songs is the love poems describing the combination of men and women. Some of these wedding leave poems describe wedding ceremonies and scenes, expressing congratulations and praises on the wedding, such as Calling South and Yao Tao, which uses bright peach blossoms to set off the warm atmosphere of the wedding, implying the beauty of the bride, and using the peach itself to describe the prosperity of people and families brought by the bride. Some express joy, happiness, parting and other emotions. At the time of marriage, plans like Tang Shuxiang's are to meet this lover in the evening, and there are also windy days and so on. The third aspect of the love poems in The Book of Songs is lamenting the unfortunate marriage, such as the heroine's lamentation about her unfortunate marriage in The Sun and Moon, and the complaint of the abandoned wife about her tragic fate in Meng. Artistic Features of Love Poems in The Book of Songs
The ideological value of the love poems in The Book of Songs lies in the noble and pure emotion it expresses, which indicates that the primitive sex has been sublimated into love, and it enriches the emotional world of human beings. The passionate and healthy pursuit of love, the lofty understanding of love and the resistance to the cultural atmosphere that suppressed love shown in these poems all reflected the serious understanding of love in the Zhou Dynasty. Love poems are one of the most valuable parts in The Book of Songs, and their artistic achievements are first manifested in realistic techniques. It truly conveys the deep feelings between men and women and reproduces the marriage and love life of the Zhou Dynasty. Secondly, this is a distinctive image-building. Although love poems are all lyric poems, they have created many vivid images of boys and girls through direct emotional talk. Girls are innocent, gentle and charming, solemn and reserved, and boys are powerful, charming and even smirking. For example, those young men who "scratch their heads" in Jing Nv.
Third, profound scenery description. The descriptions of love and marriage poems in The Book of Songs are also quite distinctive, some of which are enjoyable. For example, Jia Jian set off the unattainable melancholy and sadness with a sad autumn color, and Yao Tao hinted at the warm atmosphere of the wedding and the flowery beauty of the bride with gorgeous peach blossoms. These lyrical poems, which are symbolic and full of scenes, contain endless feelings and have a great influence on later generations. Finally, lively language. Love poems are mostly folk songs, and the language style is also very lively. Obviously, even today, many poems are effortless to read. For example, the banter between men and women in Zheng Yan and the banter between men and women in Shuo Shang are full of lively folk songs. I don't see you on March 1st.