The influence of Chinese classical aesthetics on the Book of Songs

The influence of Chinese classical aesthetics on the Book of Songs "The Book of Songs" has a lofty status and far-reaching influence in the history of Chinese literature, establishing the fine tradition of Chinese poetry, and the national characteristics of Chinese poetry art began to form.

1. The Spirit of Realism and Tradition The Book of Songs is based on the real life of society. There is no illusion or weirdness, and very few supernatural myths. The sacrifices, banquets, and farming described are the products of the social economy and ritual and music culture of the Zhou Dynasty.

The narratives of war, labor, marriage and love show the political conditions, social life, customs and sentiments of the Zhou Dynasty. This spiritual tradition of "the hungry sing about their food, the laborers sing about their work" has been inherited and carried forward from generation to generation.

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2. Lyric poetry tradition Starting from the Book of Songs, lyric poetry has become one of the main forms of poetry.

3. Elegance and Literary Innovation The enthusiasm for reality, strong political and moral awareness, and sincere and positive attitude towards life in the "Book of Songs" were inherited and carried forward by Qu Yuan, and were summarized as the "elegance" spirit by later generations.

Later poets often advocated the "elegant" spirit to carry out literary innovation.

Chen Zi'ang lamented that Qi and Liang Dynasties "have not done anything elegant", Li Bai lamented, "I have not done anything elegant for a long time, who is the one who has failed me?" Du Fu even more "does not tailor his style to be elegant", Bai Juyi said that Zhang Ji "is more elegant than Xing, and has not tasted empty words."

, and many outstanding poets in the Tang Dynasty, all inherited the spirit of "elegance".

Moreover, this spirit extended from Lu You in the Song Dynasty to Huang Zunxian in the late Qing Dynasty in his creations after the Tang Dynasty.

4. The example of Fu Bixing The "Fu, Bixing, Xing" technique of expression in the Book of Songs has been inherited and developed in ancient poetry creation and has become an important feature of ancient Chinese poetry.

The Book of Songs also proves the artistic creativity of the working people with clear facts. The overlapping forms and accurate, vivid and beautiful language of folk songs in the Book of Songs have been widely absorbed and used by later generations of poets and writers.

The Book of Songs, with its profound social content and beautiful artistic form, attracted future generations of literati to pay attention to and learn from folk songs.

The flexible and diverse poetic forms and vivid and rich language of "The Book of Songs" also had an important impact on all types of literature in later generations.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Cao Cao, Ji Kang and others all studied the Book of Songs and wrote four-character poems.

The rhymes such as poems, odes, proverbs, and inscriptions in the history of literature are also related to the Book of Songs.

The birth of "The Book of Songs" (including its production, collection and compilation) first created a new style in the history of Chinese poetry - the four-character style in terms of poetry genre.

Before "The Book of Songs", although poetry had been born, it did not have its own fixed style, and it was still in oral form, usually in two words. By the time of "The Book of Songs", Chinese poetry began to truly establish its own creative pattern.

A relatively stable style was formed, which means that the real start of Chinese poetry began in the era of The Book of Songs.

"The Book of Songs" not only created the first tangible historical stage in the history of Chinese poetry - four-character poetry, but also the influence of this style spread to the poetry creation of later generations: 1. The five- and seven-character poems of later generations, especially the five-character poems, are based on it.

Breakthroughs and expansions based on the basics; second, even in the five- and seven-character eras, there were still authors who created many four-character poems, following the form of the Book of Songs.

In terms of the rhythm and rhythm of poetry, The Book of Songs also set a precedent for later generations of poetry, especially in terms of the rhyme form and rhyme section of poetry, providing a paradigm and model for later generations of poetry, which is of great value and significance in the history of poetry creation.

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More importantly, "The Book of Songs" pioneered the artistic style of portraiture in creation - with its simple, true and vivid language, it vividly depicts and expresses the characteristics of things, people and society, and artistically reproduces the essence of society.

, providing a model and reference paradigm for artistic portraiture for later generations of literary creation (especially poetry creation).

Specifically, the Book of Songs vividly painted a social and historical picture for that time and later generations, truly reflecting the appearance of society in ancient times, praising the diligence and bravery of the people in ancient times, and lashing out at the despicability and shamelessness of the ruling class.

It has left a three-dimensional and concrete historical picture for future generations, and is a rich and vivid encyclopedia of ancient times.

Foreign Influence "Hanshu" records that during the Western Han Dynasty, aristocratic children from various countries in the Western Regions came to Chang'an to study Han culture. Among the documents unearthed from Turpan in Xinjiang from 1959 to 1979 were fragments of "Mao Shi Zheng Jian Xiaoya", which was confirmed to be from the 5th century

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The old and new "Book of Tang" also records that China carried out economic and cultural exchanges with West Asia and Rome through the Silk Road, and many Persians had scholars who understood Han Dynasty.

Jing Jing, the author of the "Stele of the Popularity of Nestorianism in China" erected in the second year of Jianzhong of the Tang Dynasty (781), was a Syrian. He quoted twenty or thirty places from the Book of Songs in the inscription, which proves that the Book of Songs has a long history of spreading from the Silk Road.

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Cultural exchanges between China and the Indochina Peninsula and the Indo-Pak subcontinent also began in the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once conquered South Vietnam, divided it into nine counties, and implemented the teachings of the Han Dynasty. The Book of Songs, the first of the Five Classics, was bound to enter.

During the long exchanges in ancient times, countries in these regions had people who were proficient in Sinology.

According to historical records in Vietnam: The tenth generation of Li Dynasty took the "Book of Songs" as the content of the scientific examination, and the scientific examination of the twelfth generation of Li Dynasty used the sentence "Xiao Ya·Blue Fly" as the title. All scholars were familiar with the "Book of Songs".