Why are the Poetry Scriptures divided into three categories, namely, Wind, Elegance and Ode?

Feng, ya and ode in the Book of Songs are divided according to the occasions of their use and the class of the users; "Feng" refers to local customs, "ya" refers to elegant works used in official state occasions, and "ode The "Ode" corresponds to national ceremonies and is relatively high in standard.

The winds in the Book of Songs, also known as the "State Winds" and the "Fifteen State Winds," mainly contain poems from the fifteen vassal states or regions of the Zhou Dynasty, among which there are eleven Zhou Nan, fourteen Zhaonan, nineteen Name Winds, ten Name Winds, ten Yong Winds, and ten Wei Winds, Among them, there are 11 pieces of Zhou Nan, 14 pieces of Zhaonan, 19 pieces of Yong Feng, 10 pieces of Wei Feng, 10 pieces of Wang Feng, 21 pieces of Zheng Feng, 11 pieces of Qi Feng, 7 pieces of Wei Feng, 12 pieces of Tang Feng, 10 pieces of Qin Feng, 10 pieces of Chen Feng, 4 pieces of Hin Feng, 4 pieces of Cao Feng, and 7 pieces of Bin Feng, which make up a total of 160 pieces. Simply put, the "winds" are equivalent to the present-day local operas, which are close to the folk life, and most of them contain descriptions of love, labor and production scenes, etc. The "winds" are the equivalent of the present-day local operas.

The "elegance" in the Book of Songs is divided into "Daya" and "Xiao Ya", which were used by the royal family and nobles of the Zhou Dynasty to perform with the music during banquets, as opposed to the "wind". Compared with the "wind", which is the lower class, the "elegance" is the white and white snow, which corresponds to a different class, among which there are 31 pieces of "Daya" and 74 pieces of "Xiaoya". The Daya mainly describes the great achievements of the ancestors of the Zhou royal family, while the Xiaoya mainly expresses major events such as wars. Some of the Xiaoya are similar in form to the state winds and are equivalent to the state winds of the capital region.

There are only 40 Songs in the Book of Songs, which are exclusive to the ritual celebrations of the Zhou Dynasty. Their theme is to sing the praises of ancestors, singing and dancing during the rituals, praising the merits of ancestors and praying for their blessings, which is also a reflection of the traditional ancestor sacrifices in China. Songs are all composed by the aristocracy, and a large part of them are formed with official support, detached from the reality of life, with much fiction and exaggeration in them.

The Book of Songs is divided into three categories, namely, "wind," "elegance," and "ode," according to the different genres and roles of the poems, which reflect the living conditions of different classes of people in the Zhou Dynasty, although the most important of the poems for research purposes is the one on the "winds," "elegance," and "ode," which is the most important of all. However, according to the research value, the "wind" has the highest status, and the content of the poems is closer to life, with higher ideological value and artistry.