Book Of Songs War Poetry Study

The Book of Songs is zhe source of Chinese classical poems, the warfare poems in the Book of Songs is zhe beginning of Chinese warfare literature. We can study the Chinese culture in ancient times and the course of national growth from the research on these poems.We can find so much about the war between Chinese and other nations from the warfare poems,too.This thesis use contrast technique to study the polity and thought of Chinese in ancient times from the national relation and class relation. This thesis includes three parts:In Chapter I, the writer will define the warfare poems in the Book of Songs.In Chapterâ…¡, from the study of the war between Chinese and foreign nations we can analyze the family - country contradiction, and the culture of defeat by morality.In Chapterâ…¢,form the study of civil war in China, we can find the official perspective and community attitude in the warfare poems.This thesis mainly discusses the affection which the war bring to Chinese people who live in Farming civilization society.