Textual Research On The Preface Of Poems

The Preface of Poems is the text used to explain the theme or creation background of the poem before the text of the works of The Book of Songs.The Preface of Poems has undergone the change of rise and fall,some people talk about the Poems according to the Preface,and some people don’t.There are subjective and objective reasons for the debate on the existence and rejection of The Preface of Poems:the evolution of academic thought leads to the change of scholars’ attitude towards The Preface of Poems,which shows the separation of classics and literature in the field of The Preface of Poems study.The textual characteristics of "small preface to poems",such as the style structure,the way of poem discussion and the connotation of thought,are the fundamental internal reasons for its existence and abolition.The evolution of academic thought is the objective reason for the rise and fall of The Preface of Poems.The study of Confucian classics has experienced three main stages:Hanxue,Songxue and New Hanxue in the qing dynasty,and the value selection of The Preface of Poems has changed accordingly.From the Han Dynasty to the Middle Tang Dynasty,Confucian scholars attached great importance to the inheritance of the doctrines of the scholars.The interpretation of The Book of Songs advocated The Preface of Poems,and Maoshizhengyi finally established the authority of the interpretation of the Poems.Skeptical of antiquity weakens the authority of The Preface of Poems,the scholars in the interpretation of the Poems is no longer entirely superstitious.On the contrary,they derive the poems’original meaning,this is great academic trend until Song dynasty,meanwhile affecting the Yuan and Ming dynasties.Tendency towards idolizing the ancients in the middle Ming dynasty which was the foreruner of the retro and new theory of The Book of Songs.In the Early Qing Dynasty,the study of The Preface of Poems was dominated by the school of Song,and the thought of abolishing The Preface of Poems was still dominant.When in middle Qing Dynasty brought into play the trend of reclaiming the ancient ways,the thought of believeing in The Preface of Poems was revitalized.However,the controversy over the existence and abolition of The Preface of Poems did not cease.The textual characteristics of The Preface of Poems are the fundamental internal cause of the controversy.The style and structure of The Preface of Poems is not very strict,which is the result of its collection of former scholars.The Preface to Poetry which has been questioned including:attachment of emperor lineage,excessive extension of book history,out of context of book history,random attachment of book history.In regard to the issue of epic poetry,our attitude is to choose poets based on their own abilities,and to be suspicious of poets on current events."Small Preface to Poems" in terms of ideological connotation.It mainly reflects the praise and criticism of beautiful thorns,Min Si’s feelings,words of admonition,gratitude to the gods and remembrance of the king,etc.The"Small of Poetry Preface" is more specific and comprehensive.To express Confucian poetic thoughts in a comprehensive manner,the main doubts about the attachment of this poetic education are:presumptuous beauty,beauty thorns,selfcontradiction,However,the poem education thought embodied in "The Preface to Poems" is also an important requirement for the political governance and personality and moral cultivation of ancient society.Meaning goes beyond the text interpretation itself.Although there are some fallacies in The Preface of Poems,there are not many documents in the early interpretation of the original meaning of The Book of Songs.The Preface of Poems,as an earlier and more complete and systematic annotation of the theme and summary of The Book of Songs,needs to be valued again,and a reasonable choice should be made in the modern study of The Book of Songs.The value of The Preface of Poemse is mainly embodied in its construction of the system of Confucian classics,the literariness of the text,literary theory criticism,text interpretation and so on.In the interpretation of the poem,we should stick to the attitude of being practical and realistic,and make a reasonable choice to The Preface of Poems.