The Research Of Confucius Poetry And Music Thought

In the Spring and Autumn period, the rites and music must be coordinated. The rites was not complete without music,while the music could not be used without rites. The rites was the owner of music,the music was the auxiliary.Music is actually poetry music. For example, Mao Interpretation of "The book of songs" : " in ancient, poetry teaching is: chanting, song, chord, dance." Here the "poetry" refered to the " poetry music". Poetry is a unity of the poem and the music, It emerged as the times required in the rites and music system. Only under the the culture background of rites and music, the usage and its specific content of the poem and the music can be revealed objectively, comprehensively. Before Xia, Shang, Zhou Dynasty, the government was integral, the poem and music were together, but after the spring and autumn period, every class at all levels of society had arrogated ritual behavior at different degrees, with the "falling of rites and music" situation. Therefore, the situation of music matching rites began to disintegrate, music and rites were also constantly separated, and went towards the road of independent development. Fading, Confucius was upset on the fading of rites and music, hoping to turn back the powers of darkness, to revive and Reconstruct the ritual culture period of the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, on one hand, Confucius travelled through all the kingdoms and lobbied, promoting his political views, and on the other hand, founded a private school, recruiting pupil widely, making culture and education from court to folk. Liang Qichao said, before Xia, Shang, Zhou Dynasty, learning was based on teaching, while after the spring and autumn and Warring States, teaching was based on learning. Confucius are the transition character of the teaching methods. Confucius loved traditional culture, narrating but not creating, arranged the "poem", "book of order", "rites", "music" and other classics, and tought the disciples, transforming the teaching content from the traditional "the Six Rites" of “rite, music, archery, drive, words ang maths arts gradually into "the Six Classics" of "poem", "book", "rite", "music", " the Book of Changes" and "spring and Autumn",making the court culture to the literati culture.In the consolidation and dissemination of traditional culture, Confucius hope to achieve the ideal political by artistic way. Poetry music as an important content in Confucius academic,was a kind of moral art,which could serve politics better, and realize ideal social life. In other words, poetry music is an important means by which Confucius fulfilled his academic ideal. Confucius intellectual development was originated in the rites, developed to benevolence, and matured in the Yi-ology. Confucius’ s poetry music thought was under the guidance of the rite, played an active role, improving own self-cultivation, and gradually becoming a kind of benevolence from outside to inside. But, as a humanitarian, the benevolence was still unified with providence. So, cultivating oneself, he should also be Interested in Implementation of the heaven law. Only in this way, we can truly achieve the ideal of " Interested in the heaven law, according to virture, relying on benevolence, traveling in the arts". So,Confucius’ s thought was to teach with divinities, sparing no efforts to promote "benevolence", to "deny self and return to propriety" under the guidance of Yi-ology. The height of "benevolence" is the height of poetry music, the realm of "benevolence" is the realm of poetry music. Poetry music was the effective way to "deny self and return to propriety".As accompaniment of the rites and music, poetry music was held for the ceremony and performance, and often through the suspended music to play. From the original meaning, the so-called suspended music meant the bell and drum were hung on the Sun Ju, forming various music playing instruments. From the extended meaning of view, various instruments suspension or not suspension, as well as many musicians playing the instrument, were made up suspended music of the music system. The suspended music had hierarchy, the emperor, princes, senior officials, scholars, respectively enjoy the four-side hanging, three-side hanging, two-side hanging, and one-side hanging. The suspended music was roughly equivalent to today’s band. Suspended music performance was divided into five steps: bronze knocked, a cappella musician went up the stage and sang songs, sheng played, song and music played alternatively,concert. Duing the rituals of the country drinking ceremony, princes drinking ceremony, archery and senior archery, poetry music had become an important part. In the process of playing music, etiquette was better performed. Participants could flourish, could view, could group and could advised through poetry music playing. Confucius expanded "Xing" category. You could view, you could group, because music has the characteristics of viewing and grouping, so the viewer could view the ceremony, music, and socially studied and made progress. Because, although the process of poetry music playing may appeal to the sense of hearing, but more visual. When playing, the band is quite spectacular. Later, musicians and spectators can talk each other, can talding about the acient, and communicate, learn. Poetry music playing a time is a final, or as a Cheng. The so-called master of poetry, is a metaphor for playing. In a full play of etiquette, is started in the golden voice and finally jade vibration, poetry music play some finals, called epitomize. Golden voice, is the bronze played, refers to the clock struck. jade vibration, is the chime hit, refers to a musical instrument hit. The so-called "flourish in poetry, stand from rites, form in music", is not only a complete process of the music, but also a whole stage of life education. Because, before the spring and Autumn period, education is three processes in accordance with the teaching of poetry, ethics and music. "Guodian Chu Bamboo Slips·Six Ethics" said: "’the poem’,’the book‘are also here,’the rite concept’, ‘the music" also here. ‘the Book of Changes’, ‘Spring and Autumn’ also here. there is more love, more close, more beauty, the divinities limitless" This showed poetry education, rites and music teaching were launched, step by step. Of course, Confucius remarks also contains a gradual process of cultivation of life. So, "flourish in poetry, stand from rites, form in music" is a dynamic process of rites and music, education stage of life, which rises to life or the entire social morality.Confucius poetry music thought is not only rich connotation, but very obvious of its characteristic, including six aspects: teaching through divinities, divinities and moral are united, reaching the acme of perfection, the ornamental and the plain properties are combined, feeling and reasonable are connected, and knowledge and action should go hand in hand, etc. Confucius tought people with divinities. The divinities was connected with humanitarian closely together, it required complete the human cause under influence of the destiny. It is because of the pursuit of unity of divinities and ethics that Confucius interpretated poetry music often from the moral point of view, on the basis of the benevolence and swimming in the arts. But only swimming in arts was not enough, we should also pay attention to the artistic essence, namely, rites, benevolence.rite is also practice, order,too. Music is also happyness, love. Therefore, poetry music must pay attention to the ornamental and plain properties combined, reach the acme of perfection, and be of moderate feeling and reason, of integration of knowledge and practice.On the poetry music, Confucius attach more importance to "music". Poetry music, music and sound are interlinked, but the difference is also obvious. "Sound" is sound, influense the sense. "Sound" is a melody sound, reach the mind. And "poetry music" is the moral tone, connected with ethics. Hence the saying: "know the sound but not music, are animals; know mudic but not the poetry music,are peole;only the good people know the poetry music". Therefore Confucius loves “music”, not only because of "music" beyond "poem", but more important the "music" was a virtue sound. The "music" of virtue sound was the best embodiment of harmonious society, and a symbol of happiness. Confucius connested the social phenomenon(music, Yuè) with music experience(music, lè) cleverly and creatively. Specifically, Confucius Confucius was influenced by “three happiness”( live and work in peace, be optimistic and self-confident, and be happy in doing good)of "Book of Changes", connected the poetry music and the happiness of music together, so that the "poetry music " rised to hitherto unknown height. The thought or "the music, happy" Emerged as the times required, which meant the art performance was changed into a physical enjoyment, moral cultivation. Therefore, poetry music is an art, more the carrier of a moral. "Poetry music" was able to make people happy, because it is a moral art. Confucius thought philosophically about why, how and where of happiness of poetry music, and built a better world for future generations: the person is a kind of being of poetry music.Confucius thought of poetry music has made great influence. In ancient times, mainly in two aspects of theoretical writings and the music usage in court. In the aspect of theory, in view of Confucius lofty status in the China culture, the inheritance of its poetry music thought had become the mainstream of art idea in later, the line is obvious: Confucius�' "Music" �' "Music Theory" �' "Preface of Mao Poetry" �' "Poem Sequence" �' "Justice of Mao poetry" �' "Commentaries on Poetry", etc.. In the court music, the ancient rulers played music in the worship and party ritual, in addition to specialmechanism of management of poetry. Therefore, the usage of music in the court has a regulation, and officials at all levels was also very particular about music usage. Of course, because of the changes of the times, the ruler may make poetry all by themselves for dopting measures to suit local conditions. In addition, in the past, there are some government officials skip a grade to use the rite and music by taking the liberty. It actually promotted the development of the arts, but influenced the inheritance of poetry music. At present, the thought of Confucius poetry music still has the important value, namely: Music family, house beautiful; guiding the mass, flavor is advocated; moral music is the first, give consideration to multielement.