"Joyful but not frivolous, sad but not sad" is Confucius' evaluation of the poem "The Book of Songs·Guanju"
Expansion: "The Book of Songs·Guanju" is the "Book of Songs" One of them is usually considered to be a love song describing the love between a man and a woman. This poem adopts the expression technique of "Xing" in art. In the first chapter, the bird sings to each other, and they are in love with each other, which evokes the association of a lady accompanying a gentleman. The following chapters are based on the act of picking water chestnuts, illustrating the protagonist's crazy lovesickness and pursuit of women.
In addition, according to historical records such as "Shangshu" and "Zuo Zhuan", there are many theories about the creation background of "Guanyong". For example, it was King Wu of Zhou who created the book in memory of his mother's concubine Boyi Kao. There are different versions, such as it was made in memory of Danzhu, the son of Emperor Ku, etc. In short, "The Book of Songs·Guan Ju" is the first poem in the "Book of Songs", the first collection of poems in ancient China. It is considered to be one of the classic love poems in ancient Chinese literature and one of the important sources of Chinese literature. one.