What does the preface mean?

The enlightenment function of preface poems is as follows:

The preface explains the educational function of poetry, which seems to be based on style, elegance, praise, fu, comparison and honor, the so-called "six meanings" The preface only explains style, elegance and praise. It is said that wind is weathering (influence) and wind thorn, elegance is righteousness, and praise is to describe virtue. This is all explained by enlightenment. According to recent research, these three words are probably named after music.

The source of poetry is ballads, which can be divided into music songs and disciple songs.

Origin:

The source of poetry is ballads. There were no words in ancient times, only songs sung and poems not written. Musicians collect songs from all over the world for the nobles to worship their ancestors and feast. During the Warring States period, nobles declined, musicians were displaced, and music scores were gradually lost. The Book of Songs has been handed down.

Development course:

(1) Banquets and poems in the Spring and Autumn Period are taken out of context to express the country's longing, gratitude and blame for that country or that person.

② In the era of Confucius, the original meaning of poetry was gradually blurred, so Confucius used poetry to explore the truth of learning and being a man. After Confucius, the three-page poem became one of the six Confucian classics, and both Zhuangzi and Xunzi said that "poetry expresses ambition and ambition has enlightenment".

③ The most authoritative interpretations of The Book of Songs are Shi Mao's Biography of Poetry and Zheng Xuan's Poetry Talk, which are almost taken out of context or even out of context.

Preface to poetry:

The preface of poetry includes big preface and small preface. The preface is a general introduction to the enlightenment function of poetry, which seems to be based on the so-called "six meanings". The preface only explains the praise.

Fu is "now talking about good and evil in politics and religion"; Bixing is the "main remonstrance". It is not telling the truth, but is compared to "text", which is euphemistically called "admonition" and "preface" by Shi Mao. As for Zheng Xuan, according to the countries and articles in The Book of Songs and the systematic attachment of historical materials, he compiled a collection of poems, and almost determined the time of each poem.