The Poetry Steping Down from the Altar: A Rustic Opinion on the Study of the Book of Songs in Ming Dynasty

The book of songs was the first anthology of poetry in ancient china. Poetic character is the most essential attribute.However,from Han Dynasty,we begin to regard it as the study of confucian classics. In the view of the study of confucian classics,the book of songs is gradually away from the poetic character and is endowed with profound connotation of confucian classics,to the altars of confucian classics,carries the responsibility to the spread of the thoughts of confucian classics. When the study of the book of songs develops to Ming Dynasty,with the emergence of new thoughts and poetic theory in Mid Ming Dynasty. A trend of the literary interpretation of the book of songs is on the rise. The research of the book of songs achieves the returning of poetic character and establishes the important academic position of the study of the book of songs in the Ming Dynasty. This article is based on the broad background under the history of the study of the book of songs in Ming Dynasty,gets clear the developing venation of the study of the book of songs,discusses the reasons and representations about the rise of the literary interpretation of the book of songs,rethinks the contribution of the study of the book of songs in the Ming Dynasty and re-evaluates its academic values and the significance of academic history.