A Brief Analysis Of "Zi" In The Book Of Songs

The book of songs is the earliest collection of poetry in China, and also one of the important origin of Chinese culture. Zi is a polysemous word in The book of songs, which contains different contents, and refer to one person or an action. It is not difficult to find that the meaning of zi in The book of songs is different. But its interpretation is not comprehensive. It is difficult for readers to understand the real meaning of poetry. Even mislead readers to incorrect judgements.This research is conducted based on the analysis of literature,analysis of text and contrastive analysis. And also studies with the theory of cultural anthropology, folklore and so on. By reading ancient books, classifies and concludes the meaning of zi in the dictionaries. Then try to sort the poems and summarize the common usage in The book of songs by the meaning of zi. After that, try to explain the meaning of zi in a special poetry. According to many scholars throughout history, draw my own conclusion.The first part is prolegomenon, which sets forth the background andquestions, met hods, design and significance of the paper. The second part includes all the meaning of zi in The book of songs. The third part I classify them by the different theme of poems. The fourth part according to many scholars throughout of the meaning of zi in wanqiu, interpret these definitions right or wrong. We must see the matter in its historical context. And deduce the original meaning of zi from several factors. The last part I summarizes this article, then draw my own conclusion.