The Warring States Period is a critical era of the study of The Book of Songs. There are two kinds of adverse circumstances in this period: one was the "The Book of Songs and the ceremonial rites and regulations being squeezed out the mainstream

the other one was the antipathic trend to The Book of Songs in other scholars. In the atmosphere of pursuing the interest and flexibleness

the study of The Book of Songs were drastically the accidental. Among the most influentials scholars in the Warring States Period

such as the Confucian

the Mohist School

the Taoists

the Fa school

some of them thought The Book of Songs and Shang Shu should be burn down for they can confuse the people’s minds

some of them thought The Book of Songs should be abandoned for it is useless

others thought The Book of Songs just was a kind of helpless knowledge to governing. Every one except the Confucian had an opponent attitude to The Book of Songs. The development of the study of The Book of Songs were in a sorry plight.