《关雎》位于《诗经》之首之推论

An Inference of the Reason Why Guanju Is at the Top of The Book of Poetry

先秦时代是一个“诗舞乐”不分、“乐”远重于“诗”的时代,在此背景下诞生的《诗经》,其性质更似一部歌词集,故对于《关雎》与《诗经》的讨论都绕不开其音乐性质。由于“二南”在《诗经》中具有明显特殊的地位,故讨论《关雎》为何处于《诗经》之首可缩减至“二南”范围进行。通过文献资料推论,《关雎》乐曲优美、符合当时上等音乐的评价标准,这或许是其成为《诗经》之冠的原因。

The pre-Qin era was a period when poetry,dance and music were closely integrated and when music was far more important than poetry.In this case,The Book of Poetry was born,whose nature was more like a collection of lyrics.Hence neither Guanju(or rather Cooing and Wooing)nor The Book of Poetry could be studied without discussing its musical nature.Thanks to the distinctive significance of Zhounan and Shaonan in The Book of poetry,discussion of why Guanju is taking the lead in The Book of Poetry could be narrowed within Zhounan and Shaonan.Inferred from documentary evidence,Guanju boasted enjoyable music and was in line with the criteria of higher-class music at that time,which made it at the top of the 305 pieces in The Book of Poetry.