A theory of music beside the received preface
Xunzi connects music with human enjoyment; the received Great Preface describes feeling becoming sound. The comparison is between two explanatory prose layers. It must not be labeled as a direct statement made by every Shijing poem.
夫樂者、樂也，人情之所必不免也An explanation of music begins from human feeling and enjoyment.
tls · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR3a0002_020.txt, lines 14–25情發於聲，聲成文謂之音The preface explains sound taking patterned form.
tls · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR1c0001_001.txt, lines 14–116Make the comparison explicit
Xunzi connects music with human enjoyment; the received Great Preface describes feeling becoming sound. The comparison is between two explanatory prose layers. It must not be labeled as a direct statement made by every Shijing poem.
荀子: An explanation of music begins from human feeling and enjoyment.
詩經: The preface explains sound taking patterned form.
Which Shijing layer is actually compared here?
The received Great Preface, not a stanza of anonymous verse.
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