Although folk songs are less freighted with the burden of tradition than the poetry of the scholars, the fact that they describe the daily life of the common people poses the problem of understanding the society and customs of the time.
話說回來，「民間詩歌」雖然較少「文人傳統包袱」，但另一方面，正因為它們描寫的都是平民活生生的日常生活，因此對當時社會、民俗的瞭解又構成了另一個難題。