The Origin of The Book of Songs

The Book of Songs was written in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. Originally called The Book of Songs. Confucius mentioned this name many times, for example, The Book of Songs is 300. In a word, it says: the thought is innocent.

Recite 300 poems and teach them to be political, not to achieve; Make it all-round, not exclusive. It's a lot, but I also think.

Sima Qian recorded 300 poems of the same name, which was largely attributed to the anger of sages. ?

Because there are 3 1 1 in the handed down version, it is called "300 poems" for the convenience of narration.

It was renamed The Book of Songs because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took The Book of Songs, Li, Yi and Chunqiu as five classics.

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At the end of Qin dynasty and the beginning of Han dynasty, social unrest and people were displaced. There was a man named Mao Heng who wandered all the way to Hejian. It's been many years since my anonymity.

One day, Emperor Wu said, "Who can sing those beautiful poems?" As a result, scholars all over the world rushed to announce that the emperor was going to listen to poetry! ? Unfortunately, most of these beautiful poems were burned.

Slowly, some people who have memorized the poems in their minds began to copy them down. Slowly, there began to be poems circulating in the society, and there were four at most, and the poems handed down by Mao Heng's descendants Scapharca subcrenata were one of them.

With the help of the current King Liu De, Master Mao and Master Mao opened a museum to give lectures, and scholars from all over the world flocked to listen to Scarcha's poems for fun. There was a man named Dong Zhongshu at that time.

He was the minister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he said that he would "oust a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone". In this way, the poems that Confucius always liked and strongly recommended to his disciples became elegant, and the court officially named them The Book of Songs.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-The Book of Songs