Li Shan 
Sentiment of Ballads- Li Shan Talking About the Book of Songs 

Sentiment of Ballads- Li Shan Talking About the Book of Songs/Li Shan”s Series of Works narrates: the Book of Songs is the beginning of Chinese poetry literature and the singing of national culture formation period; it is not only literary classics but also Bible of culture. Literature is spirit of a cultural group and embodiment of national ethos. The Book of Songs records various philosophies of life of us including emotions, thoughts and judgments of beauty and ugliness during national personality formation period. As the first sound of classic poetry, The Book of Songs cares about human life which is well interpreted by chapters of "songs accompanied by music in fifteen regions of Western Zhou Dynasty". With its unique sensitivity to reality, a clear cut stand on right or wrong, good or evil, what to love and what to hate and infinite pity for the weak and being delicate and euphemistic, simple, unadorned, vivid and lively, Ballads determined direction for classical poetry in later period and set a precedent for surging forward with great momentum of poetry and literature in later generations. Dialogue with The Book of Songs is to understand literature, tradition and ourselves. Sentiment of Ballads- Li Shan Talking About the Book of Songs/Li Shan”s Series of Works reinterprets misinterpreted chapters in The Book of Songs by utilizing new materials and reveals The Book of Songs in different poses with different expressions for the first time.