The Book of Songs
The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China, which collected 305 poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period. The pre-Qin dynasty was called "Poetry", or the integer was called "Poetry 300". In the Western Han Dynasty, it was honored as a Confucian classic, formerly known as The Book of Songs, which has been in use ever since.
There are two opinions about the compilation of the Book of Songs in Han Dynasty: the theory that pedestrians pick poems. "History of Art and Literature Granted by Han Dynasty" contains: "In ancient times, officials collected poems, respected customs, knew gains and losses, and taught themselves to be correct."
The rhyme system, rhythm and poetic style of 305 articles in The Book of Songs are basically the same, but they cover a long time and a wide area. In the case of inconvenient transportation and different languages in ancient times, it is unthinkable to produce such a collection of poems without purposeful collection and arrangement. So the poetry anthology is credible.
Ode is the dance music of ancestral temple, which mostly praises the achievements of ancestors. The ode is divided into 3/kloc-0 poems by Zhou Song, 4 poems by truffles, 5 poems by Shang Dynasty and 40 poems by * *.
Ode poems are divided into 3 1 Zhou Song, 4 truffles, 5 Shang Odes and 40 * * *. They are all works of noble literati. In terms of time, Song of Zhou and Ya were mostly produced in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. A small part of "Elegance" and most of "Xiaoya" came into being from the late Western Zhou Dynasty to the eastward movement.
According to the interpretation of Ruan Yuan's "recess", "capacity" means dancing capacity, and "description of beauty and goodness" means dancing action to praise "virtue". For example, "Zhou Song Wei Qing" is a music song dedicated to King Wen, and "Xiao Xu" said, "Shoot elephants and dance."
Zheng Xuan's Biography of Mao Poetry says, "It's like dancing, like stabbing and dancing when fighting." That is to say, the plot and action of Zhou Wenwang's military conquest are expressed in the form of dance, which can prove that he not only sang but also danced when he worshipped his ancestral temple. "Song and dance" can be said to be the characteristics of ancestral temple music and songs.