What is the traditional poetry teaching of ancient Confucianism in China?

Poetry teaching refers to the theory and thought about The Book of Songs.

Confucianism attaches great importance to poetry teaching.

Among the six Confucian classics, poetry ranks first.

Confucianism is a school that respects cultural relics and ethics. Poetry, as a classic of ancestors, will naturally be respected by Confucianism. At the same time, the ethics and social feelings revealed in the poem, the memory of the meritorious service and etiquette of the late king, and the praise of beauty are also very easy to be recognized by Confucianism, which attaches importance to ethics; In addition, Confucius' feeling and interpretation of poetry is also an important factor for poetry to be brought into the Confucian system and occupy an important position.

Confucius said in The Analects of Confucius: "There are 300 poems. In a word, they are innocent.

"Take today's words, that is, thoughts and feelings are very correct.

This sentence of Confucius basically laid the foundation for later Confucian feelings for poetry.

Therefore, Confucianism followed the teachings of Confucius and believed that "poetry teaching" could make people "gentle, respectful and frugal" (Interpretation of the Book of Rites).