"Preface" said that De had driven him out of Wei, and his ministers advised him to return to China. Liu Xiang's Biography of Nuzhen Shun said that Wei Hou's daughter married Li Zhuanggong, but she didn't accept her. Someone advised her to come back, but she "insisted on chastity to the end, not violating women's morality, so as to follow you all your life" and gave this poem a clear ambition.
Both theories are far-fetched, because there is no historical evidence for women in Hou Li or Li Zhuang. Yu Guanying thinks that "this is the complaint of the convict" (The Book of Songs) is the most incisive poem.
National wind, strong wind, decline
Pre-Qin Dynasty: Anonymous
Fade, fade! Hu Bugui? If it's not for the king, why are you still showing it!
Fade, fade! Hu Bugui? If it's not for the monarch, why are you still in the mud!
It's dark, it's dark, why don't you go home? If it's not for the monarch, why are you still showing it! It's dark, it's dark, why don't you go home? If it's not for the monarch, why are you still in the mud!
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Creation background
The Zhou Dynasty prospered by relying on literature and martial arts. In history, it was forty years that criminal measures were not used, which can be called the golden age of Zhou Dynasty. After Zhao and Mu, the national situation gradually declined. Later, Li was expelled, you Wang was killed, Ping Wang moved to the east, and entered the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the royal family declined, princes merged, barbarians invaded, and society was in turmoil.
According to legend, there was an official who collected poems in the Zhou Dynasty in China. Every spring, he shakes Muduo and goes deep into the folk to collect folk songs. After sorting out the works that can reflect people's joys and sorrows, he gave them to the Taishi (the official in charge of music) to compose music and sing them to the emperor as a reference for administration.
The Book of Songs, which reflects the social life from the early Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, is an image reflection of China's social life during these 500 years, including the ancestor's ode to entrepreneurship and the movement of offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods; There are also banquet exchanges between nobles and resentment against uneven work and rest; There are also touching chapters reflecting labor, hunting and a lot of love, marriage and social customs.
This poem "Decline" is a poem that profoundly reflects the social reality.
Baidu Encyclopedia-The Decline of National Wind in Lang Feng