The linguistic artistic characteristics of the works of "The Book of Songs" are reflected in the following four aspects:
1. The richness and concreteness of nouns and verbs. The words in "The Book of Songs" are rich and colorful, There are nearly 3,000 words used, forming a large number of vocabulary and expressing extremely rich life knowledge. The biggest feature of nouns and verbs in "The Book of Songs" is their concreteness. The Zhou Dynasty was an era dominated by monosyllabic words. When expressing different individuals of the same thing, the general ability to construct compound words based on abstract concepts has not yet been formed, so different monosyllabic words are often used to express different individuals. For example, abstract general nouns are rarely used in "The Book of Songs" "Horse" uses more than 30 special nouns with descriptive functions. For example, "bustard" refers to a horse with black and white coats, "huang" refers to a horse with yellow and white coats, and "luo" refers to a horse with white coats and black hyenas. The emergence of these concrete nouns not only illustrates the Zhou people’s familiarity with horses, but also illustrates their extraordinary ability to control and use language. The verbs in the Book of Songs also have concrete characteristics, such as those describing the movements of hands. There are more than fifty verbs, which illustrates people's careful observation of human movements and their superb ability to create language.
2. Good at using tautology or double-voiced rhyming words to imitate sounds and shapes. "The Book of Songs" "There are a very large number of this type of adjectives, with heavy words such as Yaoyao, Zhuozhuo, Chichi, Xixi, Feifei, Yiyi, Jiaojiao, etc., double-sounding words such as jagged, hesitant, stride mian, etc., and overlapping rhymes such as rolling around. , Yaoyao, Xiaoyao, Woruo, etc. Among them, tautology is the most common. This is precisely because monosyllabic words accounted for the majority in the "Book of Songs" era, and people could not create a large number of compound words, so they could only rely on this form to enhance lyrical description. effect, and makes the rhythm of the poem neat.
3. The rhythm and rhythm of two beats and the musical beauty of the language. The main body of "The Book of Songs" is a four-character poem in two beats, with a strong
Rhythm and rhyme specifications. The most commonly used rhyming method in The Book of Songs is to rhyme every other sentence in even-numbered sentences. The rhyme form of The Book of Songs laid the foundation for the rhyme form of later poetry. The use of double tones, overlapping rhymes, tautology and Standard rhymes make the language of "The Book of Songs" have a strong sense of music and rhythm.
4. Repeated chapters. An important feature of the composition form of "The Book of Songs" is the repeated singing of chapters. That is to say, a poem is composed of several chapters. The words and sentences between chapters are basically the same. Only a few words are changed correspondingly and chanted repeatedly. The form of repeated chanting is also called refrain. Style is a commonly used style in folk songs. On the one hand, the emotions to be expressed in folk songs are simple and profound, and only important repeated chants can fully convey the emotions; on the other hand, because folk songs are sung orally, this form is convenient for Memory and recitation. The form of repeated chanting has influenced the language of the Book of Songs. First of all, it has formed some formulas in the Book of Songs. These formulas not only facilitate memory, but are also a skill in language use and a way to express themes. This means. The form of repeated chapters also affects the choice of words and sentences in the "Book of Songs". Because the formula has a relatively fixed form and cannot be changed at will, we can only grasp the central word to refine it, and rely on the change of the central word to narrate the story. , describing scenes and expressing emotions, thereby achieving outstanding expression effects. For example, six verbs are changed in "裊苢", thereby creating a coherent description of actions, a flow of pictures, and a deepening of emotions. It can be said that the words are simple but the meaning is profound.