Reanalysis Confucian poetics from the poems in Shuo Yuan and Confucius' Comment on the Book of Songs

In order to make a new understanding of Confucian poetics,the author carries out a comparative study between unearthed literature Confucius' Comment on the Book of Songs and handed down resource of Shuo Yuan,arrives at the conclusion that,the content of Shuo Yuan from the Book of Songs is consistent with traditional theories of Confucius poems.However,from Confucius' Comment on the Book of Songs,his understanding of poems had practicability,utilitarianism side,and more important is that his interpretation was from poetry itself to reveal artistic characteristics of poetry and poets own feelings from Confucius' Comment on the Book of Songs to Shuo Yuan's introduction from the Book of Songs,educational function and the artistic value were equally emphasized on poems,particularly on the educational function.And the way to explain its development trend of the Book of Songs is clear.