Commentary on the Book of Songs

"The Book of Songs", as a collection of poetry in my country, has many annotators in the past dynasties, but most of them use Confucian classics to study it. The author of this book proceeds from restoring its original features, appreciating The Book of Songs as a literary and artistic work, writing artistic analysis in the "title explanation" of each chapter, and adding "rhyme reading" after the notes of each chapter, to help readers pronounce correctly. As for the study of "The Book of Songs", it is not only a monograph, but also a collection of the great achievements of the past dynasties. It is a very solid new annotation of the "Book of Songs".

This compilation is included in the "Chinese Guoxue Library", the simplified characters are arranged horizontally, and for some simplified characters that may cause ambiguity, the traditional characters are retained, and the characters are accurate and easy to read.

【Editor's Choice】

1. Each poem starts with an item [Explanation], which not only beautifully reveals the literary art and rhetorical artistic conception of the poem, but also makes an in-depth analysis combined with the history, system, and social life of the "Book of Songs" era, so that people can understand the world, Have an accurate grasp and perceptual understanding of the whole poem.

2. The annotations of this book are based on the foundation laid by the former sages, drawing lessons from Mao Chuan, Zheng Jian, Zhu Xi's "Poetry Collection Biography", Chen Huan's "Poetry Mao's Biography", Wang Xianqian's "Poetry Sanjiayi Collection", and the unearthed oracle bones and stones after liberation Cultural relics and other research results, choose the good and follow.

3. The annotations of this book focus on revealing the relationship between the original meaning, extended meaning, and borrowed meaning of the words in "The Book of Songs", so as to have a deep understanding of the evolution of ancient Chinese word meanings.

4. After each chapter of poetry, there is a column of "Rhyme Reading", which reveals the rhyme situation of the Book of Songs, and marks the straight pronunciation, making this book particularly convenient for satire.