The Role Of "The Book Of Songs·Daya" In Mencius's Ideological Construction

In the Spring and Autumn Period,nobles at all levels were prevalent in the social occasions to express their aspirations in poems and express their thoughts implicitly with the help of the passages of the Book of Songs.In order to publicize their political opinions,various schools of thought in the Warring States Period quoted the Book of Songs as an important basis for their theories,Mencius was no exception.Mencius quoted the relevant poems of the Book of Songs mainly concentrated in the Book of Songs Daya,a total of 20.The reason why Mencius paid so much attention to the poems in Daya of the Book of Songs is that Daya of the Book of Songs has repeatedly described the benevolence and virtue of King Wen and King Wu.The Book of Songs,as a discourse system of national ideology constructed by the supreme ruler of the Zhou Dynasty,has a high authority and helps Mencius to exert his important ideas of Kingdom and benevolence.The Book of Songs Daya also plays an important role in the process of Mencius' ideological construction.Mencius quoted Daya in the Book of Songs not only to explain the classical text itself,but also to build his own ideological system of benevolence,people-oriented and good nature with the help of Daya in the Book of Songs.In the process of constructing this ideological system,the theme of the poems and the connotation of the poems in The Book of Songs Daya were reinterpreted and reinterpreted,which also endowed with strong Confucian ideological characteristics.When the meaning of this school of thought was gradually immobilized,the process of Confucian classicization in the Book of Songs was further deepened.The various chapters of The Book of Songs Daya played an important role in the formation of Mencius' thought.Mencius' interpretation of the various chapters of the Book of Songs Daya occupies an important position in the history of Chinese classics.