下里巴人xiàlǐ bārén战国时代楚国的民间歌曲(下里即乡里,巴人指巴蜀的人民,表明做歌曲的人和地方),后来泛指通俗的普及的文学艺术,常跟‘阳春白雪’对举。{popular literature and art; ‘Songs of the Rustic Poor’, title of a folk song of the State of Chu during the Warring States Period (下里xiali: rural area;巴人baren: people of the ancient states of Ba and Shu); general term oft. set in contrast with ‘The Spring Snow’ (highbrow literature and art)}