Cai CHEN. Zhu Xi’s Philosophical Connotations to Traditional Studies Subjects of The Book of Songs[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2020,30(1):67-76.
Cai CHEN. Zhu Xi’s Philosophical Connotations to Traditional Studies Subjects of The Book of Songs[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2020,30(1):67-76.DOI:
Zhu Xi took Confucian orthodoxy as his own responsibility and philosophical connotations as guide to study
The Book of Songs
. Based on former studies
Zhu Xi absorbed in all ideas to give new explanation and philosophical connotations to traditional studies subjects of
The Book of Songs
as six meanings (Liu Yi)
Er Nan and obscene poems (Yin Shi). Zhu Xi took six meanings as guiding principles of
The Book of Songs
. He took Er Nan into his Confucian orthodoxy and gave political philosophy explanations to realize political ideal of Confucians. Zhu Xi admitted obscene poems in
The Book of Songs
from the nature of human beings and put them into heavenly principles.