Zheng Xuan Ceremony Chien "poem"

This paper discriminates two basic concepts: interpreting the Book of songs from the angle of rite and using rite to interpret the Book of songs. The paper inspects the academic sources of Zheng xuan' s interpreting the Book of songs from the angle of rite. Its distant source is Confucius, Mencius and Xun zi' s theory about the Book of songs during pre-Qin, its near source is interpreting the Book of songs from the angle of rite of the Preface of the Book of songs, Mao Commentary and the Book of songs of three schools. The paper inquires into the age circumstance of Eastern Han' s last years as well as Zheng xuan' s understand, and Zheng xuan' s achievement in rite, namely thought and academic basis of Zheng xuan' s interpreting the Book of songs from the angle of rite. The paper expounds the Book of songs and rite' s close relations, and Zheng xuan' s understand about the relations. The paper analyses extrinsic and intrinsic styles of Zheng xuan' s interpreting the Book of songs from the angle of rite. Extrinsic style is interpreted object, including the Book of songs, the Preface of the Book of songs and Mao Commentary. Intrinsic style is interpreted content, including correcting words, interpreting rite and pouring ritual significance into the Book of songs. The paper' s main part inquires into the angle and method of Zheng xuan' s interpreting rite in the Book of songs, the Preface of the Book of songs and Mao Commentary, and what is ritual significance Zheng xuan poured into the Book of songs. The paper simply lists some difference about rite between Zheng xuan' s Annotation about Three-ritual and Annotation about the Book of songs, and inquires into the reason of the difference. The paper analyses some ritual contention Zheng xuan' s Annotation about the Book of songs set off, for example marriageable age and season. Some scholars of past ages appraised Zheng xuan' s interpreting the Book of songs from the angle of rite, so in the last the paper lists forefathers' appraise, and make my appraise.