<>*** Collection of poems from __ to __ about five hundred years

One: <>*** Collection of poems from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period of about five hundred years

Two: About the Book of Songs:

1. Basics Introduction: "The Book of Songs" is a collection of poems that was produced more than 2,500 years ago, at the end of China's slave society. It is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry and the earliest poetry collection. It collected 305 ancient poems from the 11th century BC to the 6th century BC, and 6 "Sheng Poems" with only titles but no verses, reflecting the social outlook of about 500 years from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle Spring and Autumn Period. The author of "The Book of Songs" is unknown, and it was written around the Spring and Autumn Period. It is said that it was collected by Yin Jifu and compiled by Confucius. At first it was only called "Shi" or "Three Hundred Poems". By the Western Han Dynasty, it was revered as a Confucian classic and was called "The Book of Songs".

2. Content and style: "The Book of Songs" is edited according to three categories: "Wind", "Elegance" and "Song". "Wind" is a ballad from various places in the Zhou Dynasty; "Ya" is a formal song of the Zhou people, and is divided into "Xiaoya" and "Daya"; Song", "Song of Lu" and "Song of Shang". The Book of Songs is rich in content, reflecting labor and love, war and corvee, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and banquets, and even celestial phenomena, landforms, animals, plants and other aspects. It is a mirror of social life in the Zhou Dynasty.