Abstract:
Sheng Min, Gong Liu and other four poems in Da Ya-Shi Jing, reflect the ethic rotionalism in Zhou Dynasty, as well as tell how the people at that time stepped to their prosperity. Their ethos can be described as hardworking, peace loving, kindhearted, and patriotic. This paper makes it clear that how this kind of ethos which mainly appears as practical and patriotic came into being, that is, the result of certain geography and economic circumstance. The development of politics, economy, art and national cul...