The Book of Songs is an eulogy of merit and an admonition to stay away from eccentricity and evil. Although it has no purpose, it is of great benefit to the people. Human feelings are contained in it, and everything in the world is reflected in it. Feelings change with things, and things seem to be able to perceive human emotions. If the society at that time was harmonious and poetry was joyful, it described the people's livelihood and the beauty of the court; If the society was miserable at that time, it would also form resentment and irony.
People who write poems can relax and vent their anger, and people who listen to poems can also guard against evil. From the heart, reflected in the melody, so some people say, "Nothing can touch the world and disturb ghosts and gods more than the Book of Songs." This is the role of the Book of Songs, which is of great benefit.
Preface to Justice of Mao Poetry is an essay written by Confucius in Tang Dynasty.
Original text:
Poets, in songs praising virtue, stop the training of seclusion and prevent evil. Although I don't do anything spontaneously, it is beneficial to life. Six emotions are still in the middle, and everything is swinging outside. Love to move, things move If politics meets alcohol, then the pleasure is in the ruling and opposition; I'll also blame tattoos and singing. People who do it are comfortable and angry, and people who smell it are enough to stop it. Send all kinds of emotions and be in harmony with the law. So the sense of heaven and earth, moving ghosts and gods, is not close to poetry. This is the use of poetry, with great benefits.
Extended data
Mao Shi Zheng Yi is a research work on The Book of Songs, which is called Confucius Book for short, with a total of 40 volumes. This book, together with other Confucian classics annotated by the imperial court, is called Annotation of Thirteen Classics, and justice is also called Annotation, which means that on the basis of serious annotation, combined with the opinions of many scholars, the original classics are annotated and annotated. Notes are notes.
In Justice of Mao Poetry, Confucius pointed out that style, elegance and praise refer to the theme of poetry, while fu, bi and xing refer to the expression methods of poetry. The six meanings in The Book of Songs, namely, wind, fu, comparison, prosperity, elegance and praise, were first put forward by Zhou Li, a master, and later developed from Dawei to the theory of six meanings.
Shi Mao is one of the "Nine Classics" in the Tang Dynasty, and it is still the main content of poetry education in official and private schools. Kong's Justice in Shi Mao is an official textbook.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Kong served as a doctor, secretary and wine waiter in imperial academy. In order to end the situation that scholars have different opinions on Confucian classics, Emperor Taizong ordered Confucius and other scholars to compile the Five Classics Righteousness Training, which was completed in the sixteenth year of Zhenguan (642) and named after the imperial edict. Later, after revision and revision, it was promulgated in the 4th year of Yonghui, Tang Gaozong (653) and was rated as a national unified textbook.
The justice of the Five Classics includes five books, namely, Justice of Zhouyi, Justice of Shangshu, Justice of Mao Poetry, Justice of the Book of Rites and Justice of Zuo Zhuan in the Spring and Autumn Period, with a total volume of *** 180, among which Justice of Mao Poetry has 40 volumes.
There are many theoretical bases for the interpretation of Kong Dui. Wang Bi notes Zhouyi, Kong Anguo notes Shangshu, Jian Zheng notes Shi Mao, Zheng Xuan notes The Book of Rites, and Du Yu notes Chunqiu Zuozhuan. In fact, it is a comprehensive summary of different interpretations since the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties. "Justice of the Five Classics" explains the characters in the pre-Qin and Han dynasties in the popular language of the early Tang Dynasty, and explains the meaning in more detail than the predecessors, which provides a good set of teaching materials for Confucian scholars to learn the Five Classics.
Baidu encyclopedia-preface to Mao's poems