The Comparison Of Dai Zhen And Zhu Xi's Study Of The Book Of Songs

The study on The Book of Songs is utmost importance towards Zhu Xi and Dai Zhen's academic study of classics. The article compares their study of The Book of Songs in two terms those are annotation and collation and the discussion of poems primarily on basis of Zhu Xi's Shijizhuan, Shixubianshuo,Zhuziyulei and Dai Zhen's Maoshibuzhuan, Maozheng — shikaozheng, gaoxishijingbuzhu. I divide the article into three parts. First, I compare the annotation and the collation which include the principle of the annotation, the use of the ancient annotation, the extensive adoption of different opinions, the explanation of words in ancient book and the textual research and the collation.The second, I compare the discussion of poems that includes the manner towards Maoshixu, the interpretation of the meaning of poems and the view of love poems. The third, Dai Zhen both succeeded and criticized Zhu Xi's study of The Book of Songs. By comparison we can find it displays in two terms those are thoughts and means of the study of The Book of Songs, and Dai Zhen's position in the total history of the study of The Book of Songs.