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MENTAL MODEL · M12856

Feng-Ya-Song Classification

Feng-Ya-Song Classification
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-28

CORE DEFINITION

The Feng-Ya-Song classification is the framework of the Book of Songs: Feng collects folk songs from various regions, reflecting folk life; Ya is the proper court music, reflecting aristocratic life; Song comprises ritual hymns for sacrifice, reflecting religious ceremony. Its scaffolding value is classifying texts by function and origin: this framework of the Book of Songs can be transferred to analyze any cultural product along the dimensions of folk, elite, and ritual.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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- Classify texts by function and origin: sort any cultural product along folk, elite, and ritual lines. - Transfer the framework: apply the Book of Songs' Feng-Ya-Song structure to cultural products beyond poetry.

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This classification divides texts into three layers based on their source and function: Feng (local folk songs), Ya (court music), and Song (temple sacrificial hymns). Essentially, it is a three-dimensional coding of 'producer/scene/function'. It stratifies mixed textual corpora by social role, making the comparability and purpose of similar texts clear.

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