Study Of The Starting-association Of Plants In The Book Of Songs

Many verses started with association of plants in The Book of Songs, the earliest songs anthology in China.People's spirit greatly relies on plants, which are closely related to human life.Verses starting with association of plants in the Book of Songs are very prevalent, which fall into three cases according to their type: starting with single plants images, starting with two kinds of plants images, starting with secondary plant images.Verses starting with association of single plants in the Book of Songs show kinds of state of plants and place many feelings, ideas and thoughts on them. Men's soul world was clearly reflected through plants images.Two kinds of plants images are usually associated with people in love or husband and wife. The vine clings tree resembles the husband and wife devoting to each other, and if vine leaves tree, is like wife lose husband. The sentence"*in mountain, * in lowland"leads love affair. Starting with secondary plant images include three conditions: birds and trees, picking herbage, splitting and enlacing the firewood.Birds perch in shrub, is always leading people who are in a dead life. Picking herbage often connects with missing person. Splitting and enlacing the firewood is the marriage argot.The Book of Songs uses literatury method when it shows the plants images.So the plants of the Book of Songs are rather lively and vivid, filling vigour and become more beautiful and tipical than they are in lives.