"the Book Of Songs" In Ethical Research

In the traditional thought of Chinese civilization,the morality of people relation has been.playing an important role.A proper relation between people is the core spirit of the society.This spirit has diffused into different aspects of the society and the development of Chinese civilization has shown greatly the beauty of this spirit.Apart from being the key spiritual dynamics to push the development of Chinese civilization, the moral spirit on a proper people relation has also pushed significantly the development of the Chinese art of literature.With the development of the society,the relationship between the morality of people and the literature has become revealed as the guidelines to morality have gradually turned obvious.The thought of morality has largely influenced in the field of literature and the literature itself has become an essential media. hiterators in China have been greatly influenced by the traditional thought of morality.Literature has been created on the foundation of morality. For example,to understand about life,the moral point of view can hardly be detached from Chinese literature.Morality has also silently become the core value of some Chinese.The moral spirit can be seen from their behaviour, and also their literatures.As a result,Chinese literature has become a very important platform to facilitate the flow of moral spirits.The Book of Odes is the earliest book of poems in China.It composes of 305 pieces of poem,and widely reflects the life styles of people in the Zhou Dynasty(1050-771BC).It covers areas like agricultural activities, marriages,wars and entertainment activities.It reveals the comprehensive feelings of people,which in turn reflect their thoughts in morality,history and religion during this period.We can therefore see the moral relations for families,couples and other relations.This book is a realistic record to see the fact about the moral relations long time ago,and how people think about morality in those old ages.In this essay,poems will be analyzed and researched against the traditional morality in dffferent aspects.