On the Activities of Shi music and Their Literary Critical Implications in the Spring and Autumn Period
The activities of Shi music during the Spring and Autumn Period were frequent and diverse.People of that time often commented on these activities of Shi music.There were various methods of criticism of Shi music,such as discussing Shi music based on rituals and politicization and indoctrination,and discussing poetry reciting based on the expression of one's aspirations.In terms of form and content,clear standards for Shi music criticism were established,including rituals norms,harmonious style,political prosperity,and moral enlightenment.These activities demonstrated the integrated characteristics of poetry,music,rituals,and dance during the Spring and Autumn Period,and reflected the grandeur of the Shi music system,the perfection of the system,and the maturity of the operational mechanism.To a certain extent,it also revealed the declining trend of Shi music and the breakdown of rituals and music.The Shi music of the Spring and Autumn Period inherited and developed the Shi criticism ideas since the Western Zhou Dynasty,including the expression of aspirations through poetry,the harmony of music and the cultivation of virtue,which revealed the literary criticism idea that the way of sound is connected with politics,and Shi music interact closely with social development.This laid an important foundation for the development of theory of orthodoxy and variation in Shi study and the analysis of artistic techniques in Shi study,and had a profound impact on the development of Shi study since the Spring and Autumn Period.
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