The Western Cultural Style and Features of People in Qin State Seen from Collected Qin State Folk Music Lyrics of The Book of Songs

The ten pieces of collected Qin State folk music lyrics of The Book of Songs are important historical materials to study the western cultural style and features of people in Qin State.The first five pieces that belong to one group from Chelin to Zhongnan came into being in the latter half of Western Zhou Dynasty.The last five pieces that belong to one group from Huangniao to Quanyu came into being in the Spring-and-Autumn Period.The two groups of poems have the development,establishment of the country,and growth in strength in the fight against the minorities in the north and west of Qin State as the dominant line,which manifests the western features of emphasis on military feats and worship of gallantry as well as on genuine sentiments in the midst of showing no particular interest in etiquette in early Qin culture.This kind of consummate combination of emphasis on military affairs and pure sentiments is the cultural secret that causes people in Qin State as newcomers to rise rapidly and surpass the old-timers.