The main work "Yuefu Poetry Collection" divides Yuefu poetry into 12 categories, such as Jiaomiao Ci, Ci, Advocacy Ci, Transverse Blowing Ci, Harmony Ci, Dance Ci, Qin Ci, Miscellaneous Ci, Modern Style Ci, Miscellaneous Ci, New Yuefu Ci and so on. It is divided into several subclasses. For example, poems with horizontal blows can be divided into two parts: Korean horizontal blows and beam-drum blows. Xianghe songs are divided into six quotations: Xianghe songs, Yintan songs, Pingdiao songs, Qingdiao songs, Hudiao songs, Chudiao songs and Daqu songs. The lyrics of Qing merchants are divided into wusheng songs and western songs. Among these different musical works, Symphony and Sheyan belong to the movements used by the court, and their ideological content and artistic skills are not satisfactory. There are also some works with poor artistic value in advocacy songs and dance songs. But on the whole, most of the poems it collects are excellent folk songs and poems written by literati with Yuefu as the old theme. Among the existing collections of poems, Yuefu Poetry is an important collection that was created earlier and brought together all kinds of Yuefu poems in past dynasties.
Songs of past dynasties
The important contribution of Yuefu Poetry Collection is to collect and classify the songs of past dynasties according to their tunes, so that many works can be written into books. This provides great convenience for the collation and research of Yuefu poems. For example, Shang Mo Sang, Dongmenxing and other outstanding folk songs in the Han Dynasty can be found in Song Le Shu Zhi, Peacock Flying Southeast in Yu Tai Xin Yong, and some are scattered in literature and art, Lei Ju and other classics, which are collected and recorded by editors. In particular, some ancient folk songs and proverbs are generally scattered in various historical books and some academic works, and most of them are ignored by the former. As for Du Fu's later works, such as Old Proverbs, they are much later than this book, and are obviously compiled on this basis.
Its arrangement is to put the "archaic poems" of each tune (the earlier poems written by anonymous) or the earlier poems in front, and list the later works later, so that readers can understand that some literati poems are influenced by folk songs or previous generations of literati. For example, in the Song Dynasty's Annals of Le Shu, there are only Cao Cao's sketches, but in this book, there are ancient poems of the Han Dynasty. Although Cao Cao's sketches are higher than "ancient ci" in ideological content and artistic skills, it is far from obvious to explain the origin and original intention of this piece. Another example is the tune of On Mulberry. According to the records of ancient and modern music, it was originally the "tune" in the Song of Harmony in the Han Dynasty, and only the sketches of Cao Cao and Cao Pi and the music played by Jin Yue were recorded in the Book of Songs. As for Sang's ancient ci, it belongs to the category of "Daqu". In Yuefu Poems, ancient words are recorded first, which makes readers understand that Cao Cao and others' works are just new words based on the tunes of ancient words. This book also includes various poems written by later generations to Shang Mosang, such as Picking Mulberry Seeds, Beautiful Songs, Journey to Luofu, Journey to the Southeast at Sunrise, Journey in the Day, etc. This shows the influence of Sang on later literati. Another example is that Lu Ji's poem Ode to the East and Bao Zhao's Ode to the East are arranged together, which shows that the same tune can form all kinds of poems with completely different contents.
The influence of later generations
Poems in Yuefu poems are classified by musical tunes, and some tunes have influenced the music of later generations. For example, Plum Blossom Fall in Han Kua Chui Ge and Difficult to Go in Miscellaneous Songs are only the earliest songs put forward by Bao Zhao, but the editor still classifies Plum Blossom Fall as Han Kua Chui Ge, and quotes Chen Wu Biezhuan in the explanation of Difficult to Go, pointing out that this song was popular among northern herders before Wei and Jin Dynasties, indicating that it was early. It reflects the influence of folk songs on literati poetry and the relationship between music and poetry, and points out the inheritance relationship between the music of the previous generation and the music of the later generations for the same theme of all kinds of music. For example, Huang Dansi in "Blowing Across the Drum and Beam", the editor quoted Chen Shizhi's "Ancient and Modern Music Record" as "blowing across the Yellow River".
Yuefu Poetry Collection gives a detailed introduction and explanation of the origin, nature and musical instruments used in singing. These explanations in the book quoted many lost articles, such as Liu Song and Zhang Yong's Yuan Jia Zheng Sheng Lu, Wang Sengqian's Nanqi Ci Lu and Chen Shizhi's Ancient and Modern Music Lu. Many precious historical materials have been preserved. This is of great value to the study of the history of literature and music. But some of them may be hearsay and unreliable.
There are also some shortcomings in Yuefu Poetry Collection. In the Qing Dynasty, Ji Yun pointed out in the Catalogue of Sikuquanshu that it was not appropriate to include some literati poems in Yuefu. In addition, because it focuses on the melody, the recorded lyrics are often inconsistent with the narrative about the melody. For example, the editor of Shuiduige in Modern Lyrics thinks that it is the time when Emperor Yang Di visited Jiangdu, but the author is not indicated in Tangqu. In fact, I'm afraid these lyrics are all mixed from the works of the Tang Dynasty. For example, the second poem "Rupo" is obviously a poem by Du Fu.
Modern scholars have also argued about the classification of the book, such as the boundary between the harmony songs in the book and the Qing Shang songs. In The Beauty of China and Its History, Liang Qichao thinks that the Qing merchants are the three tunes of the Qing merchants in the Han and Wei Dynasties, while Guo Maoqian calls wusheng songs and western songs "the songs of the Qing merchants" and classifies them into the three tunes of the Qing merchants in the Han and Wei Dynasties. I don't agree with Liang's view that the songs of the Han Dynasty have been lost, and there are eleven "harmony songs" in the three tunes of Wei and Jin Dynasties. As for the tunes of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, they are no longer circulated, so Shang Qing is listed as only the southern folk songs (Song Le Shu Zhi and Harmony) after Jin Dynasty.
Yuefu poems include chicken bone pavilion edition in the late Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty edition and four photocopies. The Literature and Ancient Books Publishing Office photocopied the residual copies of Song periodicals, and the missing volumes supplemented the old manuscripts of Yuan periodicals. Today's General Punctuation Collation by Zhonghua Book Company (1980).
Mulan Poem
Mulan Poetry is a long narrative folk song in northern China during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it is also a Yuefu poem. Also known as Mulan words. The Yuefu poem edited by Guo Maoqian in the Song Dynasty is called "Yuefu Shuangzhen" together with Peacock Flying Southeast in the history of China literature. "Mulan Poetry" tells the story of a girl named Mulan who disguised herself as a man, joined the army for her father, made meritorious deeds on the battlefield, refused to be an official after returning to North Korea, and only wanted to go home and reunite. Enthusiastically praised the women's brave and kind quality, the enthusiasm and fearless spirit of defending the country, and the dignified and calm demeanor. It not only reflects the general martial spirit of the nomadic people in the north, but also shows the people in the north's aversion to the long-term separatist war and their desire for a peaceful and stable life. This is eulogizing Mulan, which obviously impacts the prejudice of the patriarchal society. It is a "fantastic poem" (the source of Shen Deqian's ancient poems), full of romance, with a vigorous and simple style, which basically maintains the characteristics of folk songs. Quasi-question and answer is used to describe psychological activities in the poem, which is meticulous and profound; Describe the behavior modality with extravagance and parallelism, with vivid expression; The use of refined spoken language not only expresses a woman's tone, but also enhances the narrative atmosphere and shows the true colors of folk songs. Represents the outstanding achievements of Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties.
Mulan's Yuefu Poems
Ji (jρ) Ji Fuha, Mulan is a family knitter. I can't hear the loom, but I hear the woman sigh.
Ask a woman what she thinks and what she remembers. Women have nothing to think about, and women have nothing to remember. Last night, I saw more soldiers in the military whistle (ti) and Khan (kè hán). The art of war consists of twelve volumes, which contain the names of lords. Grandpa has no eldest son and Mulan has no big brother. I'd like to sign for (wèi) Saddle (ān) and for you from now on.
Buy horses in the East City, saddles (jiān) in the West City, bridles (pèi) in the South City and whips in the North City. Say goodbye to parents and stay by the Yellow River at dusk. Don't smell the female voice, smell the Yellow River splash (jiān jiān). Say goodbye to the Yellow River and go to Montenegro at dusk. I didn't hear my parents calling for a female voice, but I heard Yanshan Hu Qi (jiū) chirping (Jiū).
From Wan Li to róng, the mountains are flying. New moon (Shu) gas transfers gold (Tu), and cold light illuminates iron clothes. The general died in battle, and the strong man returned in ten years.
See you later, the son of heaven is sitting in the hall. Policy 12 turn, before reward 100. Khan asked him what he wanted. Mulan doesn't need Shang Shulang. She is willing to send her son back to his hometown not far from Wan Li.
Hearing the news of my daughter, I went out to help Guo (Ji ā ng); Sister A (zǐ) heard that her younger sister was coming and took care of her red makeup. When I heard my sister coming, I sharpened my knife at pigs and sheep. Open my East Pavilion door and sit on my West Pavilion bed. Take off my wartime robe and write (zhuó) my old clothes (cháng). When the window is decorated with clouds (bìn), the mirror column (ti ì) is yellow. When I went out to meet the fire companions, I was both surprised and busy: I spent twelve years together, but I didn't know Mulan was a girl.
Male rabbits have messy feet and female rabbits have blurred eyes; When I walk next to two rabbits, can I tell if I am a male or a female?