There are 305 extant articles in the Book of Songs, which are divided into three parts: wind, elegance and song. The wind has the wind of fifteen countries, and it is a folk song from all over the country, and the literary achievement of this part is the highest. There are chants of beautiful things such as love and labor, as well as lamentations and anger of nostalgia for the homeland, thinking about people and anti-oppression and anti-bullying. Ya is divided into big and small Ya, mostly poems of aristocratic sacrifices, used to pray for a good year and praise ancestors; Of course, there are also some folk songs in Xiaoya. Song is a poem dedicated to the worship of the Jongmyo Temple. The poems in the Song of Grace and Song are of great value for our study of early history, religion and society.

Confucius once summarized the purpose of the Book of Songs as "thinking without evil", and he taught his disciples to use the Book of Songs as the standard for words and deeds. Among the pre-Qin princes, there were many scholars who quoted the Book of Songs, such as Mencius, Xunzi, Mozi, Zhuangzi, Han Feizi, etc., who often quoted sentences from the Book of Songs to enhance their persuasiveness when they talked about theoretical evidence. Later, the Book of Songs was regarded as a classic by Confucianism and became one of the "Six Classics".

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The Book of Songs provides us with a comprehensive view of the social life of the Zhou Dynasty in China, and truly reflects the historical outlook of China's slavery from its prosperity to decline. Some of these poems, such as "Shengmin", "Gongliu", "Mian", "Huangyi", "Daming" and so on, record the origin, development and founding history of the Zhou tribe.

Some poems, such as "Wei Feng Shuo Mouse" and "Wei Feng Van Tan", vividly reveal the greedy and parasitic nature of slave owners in a cynical tone, sing the people's cry of resistance and yearning for an ideal life, and show the awakening of slaves at a time when the slave system was about to collapse. Some poems, such as "Xiao Ya He Cao Bu Huang", "Feng Feng Dongshan", "Tang Feng Bustard Feather", "Xiao Ya Cai Wei" and so on, are written about the husband's homesickness and love for the land and the grievance of the war. Poems such as "Wang Feng, Gentleman in Service" and "Wei Feng Boxi" show the nostalgia of the woman for recruitment. From different angles, they reflect the unreasonable military service system and the endless suffering and disasters brought to the people by the unreasonable military service system and war conscription in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Some poems, such as "Zhou Nan Qiao", completely depict the labor process of women collecting psyllium; "The Wind in July" describes the working life of the slaves throughout the year; "Xiao Ya No Sheep" reflects the shepherding life of slaves. There are also many poems that show the love life of young men and women, such as "Qin Feng Pu Jia" shows the pursuit of dreams between men and women; "Zheng Feng Qin Wei" and "Shao Feng Jing Girl" show a playful party between men and women; "Wang Feng Caige" shows the painful lovesickness between men and women; "Weifeng Papaya" and "Zhaonan Youmei" show the mutual gifts between men and women; "Yongfeng Baizhou" and "Zheng Feng Jiang Zhongzi" reflect the pain caused by parental interference and social public opinion to young men and women; In addition, there are also "Shao Feng Gu Feng" and "Wei Feng Gangster" to express the grievances of abandoned women, angrily condemn the ingratitude of men, and reflect the tragic fate of the majority of women in class society.

The "Book of Songs" is pure in thought, and Confucius believes that reading the "Book of Songs" has the effect of clarifying the soul, and as a tool for education, the "Book of Songs" is really a first-class classic! Confucius even felt that if he didn't study the Book of Songs, he wouldn't know how to speak, so he often used the Book of Songs to educate his disciples. This shows the important value of the Book of Songs in terms of personality formation.

When Mencius was studying the Book of Songs, he said: When interpreting the Book of Songs, you should not stick to the words and hinder the understanding of the overall verse, nor should you stick to the words and phrases and hinder the comprehension of the overall content and meaning, and use your most direct thoughts to speculate on the meaning of the poem, so that you will gain something; In order to understand a work deeply, it is necessary to understand the author's personality, and in order to understand the author's personality, it is necessary to study the era in which he lived.

Mencius emphasized that the understanding of poetry should not only focus on the superficial meaning of the words, but also start from the basic idea of the whole poem to understand the meaning of the words. In Mencius's description, we can perceive that the theme of the poems in the Book of Songs is definitely not rigid, rigid, and immutable, and the greatest pleasure in appreciating it is that the center of expression of the Book of Songs will change with the different appreciators; With the same viewer, his perspective of appreciation changes, and the taste of poetry will be completely different. This is also an important reason why the Book of Songs has always been intriguing and addictive for thousands of years.

Sima Qian once mentioned the Book of Songs twice in the "Taishi Gongzi Preface". The first time was when discussing the spirit of Confucius's compilation of "Spring and Autumn": "Zhou Yi" is written about the four seasons and five elements of yin and yang, and the main thing is to talk about change; "The Book of Rites" is written about the discipline of human ethics, which mainly talks about people's words and deeds; The Book of Shang records the affairs of the previous kings, mainly discussing political affairs; The Book of Songs records mountains, rivers and valleys, birds, beasts, plants and trees, men and women, with the focus on folk customs; The reason why "music" is established is because music is mainly used to express harmony.

The second time he talked about the "Book of Songs" was in his own theory on "writing books with anger", which was a very famous doctrine put forward by Sima Qian on the basis of summarizing the deeds of many great people in history who wrote books in the face of adversity. The focus is on the word "anger", which refers to the author's depression in his heart, which is psychologically oppressed and cannot be stretched, and resentment and depression, and he uses the book to exert his dredging in order to restore his psychological balance. "Anger" contains the emotion of personal resentment, and at the same time it shows the author's poor and strong spirit, and at the same time it emphasizes the author's character of rising up in the face of adversity, as well as an extremely strong critical and fighting spirit. Sima Qian said in his doctrine: "Three Hundred Poems", most of which are the works of the sages who were angry.

Dong Zhongshu commented on the "Book of Songs": He put forward the theory that "poetry has no attainment", which means that the "Book of Songs" has no accessible or immutable understanding, and there are differences from time to time and from person to person.

Liang Qichao said: The existing ancient books of the pre-Qin period are a mixture of true and false, and almost none of them are without problems; If it is really said that it is really gold and jade, and the words are credible, the "Book of Songs" should be at the top.

Lu Xun said: According to the actual content of the three parts of "Wind", "Ya" and "Song", it can be considered that "The Book of Songs" is the oldest poetry selection in China. "Ya", the music song of the imperial court; "Ode", the music song of the temple.

In the 19th century, the French sinologist Biot clearly wrote in his monograph "The Customs and Folklore of Ancient China from the Book of Songs": "The Book of Songs" is one of the most outstanding genre paintings passed down to us in East Asia, and it is also a valuable document with indisputable authenticity; The Book of Songs shows us the customs, social life and the degree of development of civilization in ancient times in a quaint style.

"Preface to Mao's Poems" said: Poetry is used to express people's aspirations, hidden in the heart is ambition, and expressing it in words is poetry. When emotions are touched in the heart, they will inevitably be expressed in words, and if words are not enough to express them, they will sigh and sigh, and if they are not enough to express themselves, they will sing long songs, and if they are not enough to express themselves, they will can't help but dance with their hands. Emotions should be expressed with sound, and sound has gradually become the tune of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu, and it has become music. The music of the peaceful and prosperous era was smooth and joyful, because the politics of the time were peaceful and smooth; The music of the turbulent world resented and angry, because the politics of the time were perverse and brutal; The music at the time of the death of the country was sad and worrisome, because the people at that time were poor and destitute. Therefore, to correct the gains and losses of politics and move the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods, there is nothing closer to achieving this goal than poetry.

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The above is our overall and general understanding of the Book of Songs. Now we are going to describe all the poems in the Book of Songs, and of course I hope that each poem can be written well, and the sense of picture that should be written should be written, and the feeling of relaxation and comfort can be written. 305 poems, which is really hard to write. But when I think about it this way, the "Book of Songs" is so important in the eyes of the ancient sages, which means that it must be a very beautiful classic. If I don't write it well, if I don't try to write every poem in it, then what else should I write well? Cheer yourself up and try to write it down with your heart!

Okay, let's take a break and enjoy a little bit of something else, and then we'll get to the bottom of it.

I began to learn not to speak as much as possible, because I slowly realized that words were much less expressive. The best way to express your true feelings is to mean, and when you feel it, you can express everything. What does it mean? A person's meaning is the breath exuded by the whole, this breath is the most real, whether we are smiling or crying, this meaning must be our most real feelings; Mind can control us, but we can't control mind. Therefore, the meaning can express itself most truly.