A Study Of Thoughts Of The Book Of Songs In Bamboo Slips Of Guodian

Bamboo slips of Guodian is Chu Kingdom slips in the Warring States Period,which was excavated in No.1 Chu Tomb of Guodian village,Jingmen,Hubei Province in 1993,containing a variety of ancient books,mainly including Confucian works.Bamboo slips of Guodian has rich thoughts of The Book of Songs,in which Ziyi,Five Elements,Disposition,Six Virtues,The First Language Collection and The Third Language Collection are articles directly related to The Book of Songs.These articles is an important cultural reference to study The Book of Songs in the Warring States Period,citing and commenting on The Book of Songs many times,elaborating the essence and principles of interpretation of The Book of Songs.This paper focuses on citing and commenting on The Book of Songs of Guodian,discussing thoughts of citing and commenting on The Book of Songs in detail,and discusses its value.This paper consists of four chapters:chapter one is introduction,mainly elaborates research purposes and significance,research status,research scope and methods.Chapter two illuminates the thoughts of citing The Book of Song in bamboo slips of Guodian,respectively discussing Ziyi,Five Elements and The Third Language Collection.Ziyi citing The Book of Songs many times,and it was mainly used to confirm the ways of ruling the country from the perspective of kings as well as the ways to cultivate morality from the perspective of gentlemen.Five Elements built"benevolence","righteousness","propriety","wisdom","holy" and "inner concentration" of gentleman by citing The Book of Songs.The Third Language Collection confirmed benevolence and morality of Confucianism by citing The Book of Songs.Chapter three illustrates the thoughts of commenting on The Book of Songs,respectively discussing Disposition,Six Virtues,The First Language Collection.Disposition discussed The Book of Songs has the nature of "achieving something" and the purpose of "creating moral conduct".Six Virtues commented The Book of Songs to illustrate the thoughts of "six virtues" and "six positions".The First Language Collection considered that The Book of Songs was able to communicate with the ancient and modern people,and it emphasized on human nature.Chapter four discusses values of citing and commenting on The Book of Songs in bamboo slips ofGuodian.Through cited and commented constantly,The Book of Songs gradually achieved classical status.At this time,the lyricism of The Book of Songs strengthened,and people began to pay close attention to the emotions contained in The Book of Songs,which suggests that The Book of Songs has begun to gradually get rid of the bondage of political ethics towards the direction of expressing emotion during the warning states period.The last part is conclusion,summarizing the thoughts of citing and commenting on The Book of Songs of Guodian and its values.There are many precious rare books unearthed in bamboo slips of Guodian,elaborating the status,essential features and interpretation principles of The Book of Songs by citing and commenting on The Book of Songs,which make up for the gap of study of The Book of Songs between Confucius and Mencius,and widen the study field of The Book of Songs.It basically has theoretical basis and content framework of the later generation's studies of The Book of Songs,which has a certain reference to study the Confucianism and The Book of Songs in the Warring States Period.