② People don't stand on the wall for Nan Zhou and Zhao Nan? ("The Analects of Confucius Yang Huo")
(3) "Reciting 300 Poems, teaching them as politics, is unattainable; I can't be specific about it in all directions. Although there are many, what do you think? " (The Analects of Confucius. Lutz).
(4) "If you don't learn poetry, you have nothing to say." (The Analects of Confucius. Ji's ")
(5) "Poetry can be aroused, observed, grouped and resented. Your father is that thing, and your father is that thing in the distance. " ("The Analects of Confucius Yang Huo")
There is no doubt that the first and second articles are about self-cultivation. Zhu believes that The Book of Songs has the function of stimulating people's moral consciousness, because it is the presentation of human nature. Confucius' self-cultivation function here is his own educational program, and of course it is also the basic principle he follows in his teaching practice.
Thirdly and fourthly, talk about the political function of poetry. Confucius' affirmation of the function of "speaking" or "specialization" of poetry was the product of the great cultural and historical context at that time and had certain inevitability. Because it was a very common phenomenon that he used poetry to express his thoughts skillfully at that time, and it was also a symbol of aristocratic status in a sense, so he could not help but affirm the role of poetry to a certain extent.
The fifth article shows that Confucius' literary thoughts serve politics. In addition to prosperity, prospect, group and resentment are all social functions of poetry. Prospect is to observe folk customs, groups can educate the masses, and resentment is an individual's satire on state affairs. Society needs cooperation, which seems to be lacking in Confucius and Mencius' thought. And his thoughts are all "Chun Xue". It can only be the tool of upper-class ideological figures.