A Rustic Opinion on the Study of The Book of Songs and Its History

For more than two thousand years,the academic researches on The Book of Songs arise one after another. There appeared many famous masters and excellent works,forming the research history of The Book of Songs that has a long history. The study of The Book of Songs becomes very important as one of the classical culture in the study of this subject. The study of The Book of Songs in different periods,which is endowed with distinct zeitgeist,reflects the academic thought and shoulders the historical mission. At present,there are two main types of the division for the research history of The Book of Songs: the concept of historicism and the view of academic independence,or the mixture of two types. But all of them cannot fully describe the regularity and traits of the change of study of the Book of Songs. Viewing the path of development of the study of the Book of Songs,it has both the synchronic and diachronic characteristics. Therefore,it is helpful for us to recognize the development of the study of The Book of the Songs and explore its evolution of the internal features.