The status of "The Book of Songs": "The Book of Songs" is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry. It is the earliest collection of poems and established the source of poetic realism. The "Book of Songs" has a lofty status in the history of Chinese literature. and profound influence, laying the fine tradition of Chinese poetry, and the national characteristics of Chinese poetry art began to form.
The influence of "The Book of Songs": "The Book of Songs" has a lofty status and far-reaching influence in the history of Chinese literature, establishing the fine tradition of Chinese poetry, and the national characteristics of Chinese poetry art began to form.
1. The spirit and tradition of realism
The Book of Songs is based on the real life of society. There is no illusion or weirdness, and very few supernatural myths. The sacrifices, banquets, and farming described are The product of the social economy and ritual and music culture of the Zhou Dynasty, the narration of current political affairs, wars, labor, marriage and love shows the political conditions, social life, customs and sentiments of the Zhou Dynasty. This "hungry people sing about their food, and the laboring people sing about it" The spiritual tradition of "his work" has been inherited and carried forward by future generations.
2. Lyric Poetry Tradition
Starting from the Book of Songs, lyric poetry has become one of the main forms of poetry.
3. Elegance and Literary Innovation
The enthusiasm for reality, strong political and moral awareness, and sincere and positive attitude towards life in the "Book of Songs" were inherited and carried forward by Qu Yuan, and were praised by Qu Yuan. Later generations summarized it as the "fengya" spirit.
Poets of later generations often advocated the "elegant" spirit to carry out literary innovation. Chen Zi'ang lamented that Qi and Liang Dynasties "have not done anything elegant", Li Bai lamented, "I have not done anything elegant for a long time, and who is the one who has failed me?" Du Fu even more "does not tailor his style to be elegant", and Bai Juyi said that Zhang Ji "is more elegant than Xing, and has not tasted empty words." , and many outstanding poets in the Tang Dynasty, all inherited the spirit of "elegance". Moreover, this spirit extended from Lu You in the Song Dynasty to Huang Zunxian in the late Qing Dynasty in his creations after the Tang Dynasty.
4. The example of Fu Bixing
The expression technique of "Fu, Bixing" in "The Book of Songs" has been inherited and developed in ancient poetry creation, and has become a Chinese An important feature of ancient poetry. The Book of Songs also proves the artistic creativity of the working people with clear facts. The overlapping forms and accurate, vivid and beautiful language of folk songs in the Book of Songs have been widely absorbed and used by later generations of poets and writers. The Book of Songs, with its profound social content and beautiful artistic form, attracted future generations of literati to pay attention to and learn from folk songs. The flexible and diverse poetic forms and vivid and rich language of "The Book of Songs" also had an important impact on subsequent generations of literature. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Cao Cao, Ji Kang and others all studied the Book of Songs and wrote four-character poems. The rhymes such as poems, odes, proverbs, and inscriptions in the history of literature are also related to the Book of Songs.
The birth of "The Book of Songs" (including its production, collection and compilation) first created a new style in the history of Chinese poetry - the four-character style in terms of poetry genre. Before "The Book of Songs", although poetry had been born, it did not have its own fixed style, and it was still in oral form, usually in two words. By the time of "The Book of Songs", Chinese poetry began to truly establish its own creative pattern. A relatively stable style was formed, which means that the real start of Chinese poetry began in the era of The Book of Songs.
"The Book of Songs" not only created the first tangible historical stage in the history of Chinese poetry - four-character poetry, but also the influence of this style has affected the poetry creation of subsequent generations: 1. The five- and seven-character poems of later generations , especially five-character poems, is a breakthrough and expansion based on it; secondly, even in the five- and seven-character eras, there were still authors who created many four-character poems, which followed the form of the Book of Songs.
In terms of the rhythm and rhythm of poetry, The Book of Songs also set a precedent for later generations of poetry, especially in terms of the rhyme form and rhyme section of poetry, providing a paradigm and model for later generations of poetry. This is true in poetry. It has important value and significance in the history of creation.
More importantly, "The Book of Songs" pioneered the artistic style of portraiture in creation - with its simple, true and vivid language, it vividly depicts and expresses the characteristics of things, people and society. It artistically reproduces the essence of society and provides a model and reference paradigm for artistic portraiture for later generations of literary creation (especially poetry creation). Specifically, the Book of Songs vividly painted a social and historical picture for that time and later generations, truly reflecting the appearance of society in ancient times, praising the diligence and bravery of the people in ancient times, and lashing out at the despicability and shamelessness of the ruling class. It has left a three-dimensional and concrete historical picture for future generations, and is a rich and vivid encyclopedia of ancient times.