The Book of Songs is a collection of poems. How many poems are there in The Book of Songs?

The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China and the source of China's poetry and literature. It is divided into three parts: wind, elegance and praise, with a total of 305 articles. Of course, there are six other songs, which have only titles and no content, and are also songs without words, called "Sheng Poems". If you count these six poems, * * * is 3 1 1.

Generally speaking, however, we don't count poetry, so generally speaking, there are only 305 poems in The Book of Songs, which are called "300 poems".

The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: wind, elegance and ode, which are actually equivalent to three categories, but the Book of Songs is originally sung, so "wind, elegance and ode" can also be regarded as three different types of music.

"Wind" is a local folk song, and it is a "local folk song" of Zhou Capital and various governors. Fifteen national styles such as Nan Zhou and Zhao Nan, 160; Elegant music is court music composed by literate literati or officials, which can be divided into "Xiaoya" and "Elegant Music", among which 74 pieces of Xiaoya are used for princes' banquets and 365,438+0 pieces of elegant music are used for various courtiers' meetings. Fu is the temple music of the ruling class, and sometimes there are songs and dances, especially song and dance music, with 40 pieces.

In fact, The Book of Songs is not only a collection of simple poems and songs, but also a collection of music poems and songs. Even in a sense, The Book of Songs is a collection of folk and official music.

Confucius once said: "I will go back to Shandong, and then I will be happy and elegant." "I heard Shao in Qi, but I didn't know the taste of March meat. I said,' If you don't like it, you will like it.'" Thus, Yahe Fu is the name of music, not poetry, which can also prove the musicality of The Book of Songs.

In the Tang Dynasty, Confucius, a master of Confucian classics, began to correct the name of The Book of Songs. He pointed out the musicality of The Book of Songs in Shi Mao Justice. Mclynn Killman Liu in the Ming Dynasty directly referred to The Book of Songs as China's first Jing Yue.

Unfortunately, none of these beautiful ancient music can be handed down, but fortunately, we have seen these beautiful "lyrics". Although we can't hear them now, we can see them and enjoy them.

Our Kong Old Master Q loves to study the Book of Songs all his life. He has published many opinions on the Book of Songs, such as "There are 300 poems, in a word, thinking innocently", "If you don't learn poetry, you have nothing to say" and "Why can't a boy learn poetry! Poetry can be appreciated, watched, collected and resented. So, how can we not read the Book of Songs?