Perceiving the Multi-Views on Marriage of Zhou Dynasty through the Love Poetry in "The Book of Songs"

The Book of Songs has reflected the social reality of the early West Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period.The love poems in it reflected the customs of and love in Zhou Dynasty: Betrothed marriages arranged by parents' order and matchmakers' words are the expectation of the society to the and what is emphasized is the ethical and political significance;while the unconventional dating for marriage is the complimentary and improvement of the betrothed which reveals the strong desire of the people in Zhou Dynasty to enlarge their population.Marriage accompanied with concubines is the remaining form of the multi-marriage or group which is the political needs of Zhou Dynasty.Moreover,the practice of free love and by capture existed in some part of the state,which reflects the heritage of the practice of of the primitive society.