Second, the introduction:
1, The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry, the earliest collection of poems, which includes poems from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (1 1 from the century to the sixth century), ***3 1 1, of which 6 poems are prosperous.
The author of The Book of Songs is anonymous, and most of them cannot be verified. They were collected by Yin Jifu and edited by Confucius. In the pre-Qin period, the Book of Songs was called "The Book of Songs", or it was called "The Book of Songs 300" by integers. 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. The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: style, elegance and ode. "Wind" is a ballad of Zhou Dynasty. Elegant music is the official music of Zhou people, which is divided into harmony and elegance. Ode is a musical song used for sacrificial rites in Zhou and noble ancestral temples, which is divided into ode to, and ode to Shang.
Confucius once summarized the purpose of the Book of Songs as "innocence" and educated his disciples to read the Book of Songs as their standard of speech and action. Among the pre-Qin philosophers, many people quoted The Book of Songs, such as Mencius, Xunzi, Mozi, Zhuangzi and Han Feizi. Quote the sentences in the Book of Songs to enhance your persuasiveness. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, The Book of Songs was regarded as a classic by Confucianism and became one of the six classics and five classics.
2. Yuefu Poetry Collection is an ancient Yuefu poetry collection after The Book of Songs and Wind in China, which was compiled by Guo Maoqian in the Northern Song Dynasty. There is 100 volume, which is the most complete collection of Yuefu songs. Yuefu poetry is the essence of folk songs in Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The content is very rich, reflecting a wide range of social life, mainly compiling Yuefu songs from Han Wei to the Tang and Five Dynasties, as well as ballads from the pre-Qin to the end of the Tang Dynasty, totaling more than 5,000. It has a wide collection, all kinds have a general order, and every song has a solution. Yuefu used to be an official position in charge of music in ancient times, including the famous folk song Mulan Poetry.