《诗经》中竹的多样性探究OA

The Book of Songs,China's earliest poetry collection,records a vast number of plants,with many poems directly or indirectly related to bamboo.This study uses bamboo-related Chinese characters from Chinese Dic-tionary to analyze its specific manifestations in The Book of Songs,examine bamboo's distribution in that period from an ecological perspective,and explore the bio-cultural diversity of bamboo described in the text.The result shows that bamboo recorded in the Lessons from the States was widely distributed across a vast geographical area spanning from the Yellow River Basin.The bamboo genera likely include Bambusa,Fargesia,Qiongzhuea,Phyl-lostachys,and Bashania,each exhibiting a rich regional abundance,and to outline the varied natural environments inhabited by ancient Chinese people during the pre-Qin period as well.It also suggests the inter-communication and spread of writing scripts,culture,and economy across the Yellow River Basin.The transmission likely originated from the Emperor Zhou's ruling domain as a central point,then spread along the Yellow River,gradually from the middle to the lower reaches.Providing an ecological perspective on bamboo in The Book of Songs offers a new lens for deepening understanding of China and articulating Chinese narratives.It also provides historical insights for the contemporary practice of'Bamboo Transplantation from the South to the North'.