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How is The Book of Songs classified?

Style, elegance and ode in The Book of Songs are classified according to the occasion of use and the class of users. "Wind" refers to local customs, "elegance" refers to elegant works used in official occasions of the country, and "ode" corresponds to national sacrificial activities, with relatively high specifications.

The style in The Book of Songs, also known as "national style" and "fifteen-country style", mainly includes the poetry works of fifteen vassal countries or regions in the Zhou Dynasty. Among them, Nan Zhou 1 1 article, Zhao Nan 14 article, Gao Feng 19 article, Gao Feng 10 article, Feng Wei 10 article, Feng Wang 10 article and Zheng Feng 2/kloc article. To put it simply, The Wind is equivalent to the local folk art now, close to folk life, with many descriptions of love and labor production.

"Elegance" in The Book of Songs can be divided into "Elegance" and "Elegance", which were used by the royal nobles in the Zhou Dynasty to perform folk art during banquets. Compared with the "Feng" Xialiba people, "Ya", such as Chun Xue, has different classes, with 365,438+0 pieces of elegance and 74 pieces of elegance. "Daya" mainly describes the great achievements of the ancestors of the Zhou royal family, and "Xiaoya" mainly shows major events such as war. Some of Xiaoya's works are similar to the national wind, which is equivalent to the national wind in the capital region.

There are only 40 mourning poems in The Book of Songs, which are the exclusive poems of sacrificial ceremonies in the Zhou Dynasty. Its theme is to praise ancestors, sing and dance in sacrificial activities, praise their achievements and pray for their blessings, which is also a portrayal of traditional ancestor sacrifices in China. Odes are all created by nobles, and a large part of them are formed with official support, which is divorced from real life, and many of them are fictional and exaggerated.

The Book of Songs is divided into three categories according to the different styles and functions of poetry, which reflects the living conditions of people of different classes in the Zhou Dynasty. But from the research value, "wind" is the highest, the content of poetry is closer to life, and the ideological value and artistry are higher.