下里巴人：战国时代出国的民间歌曲（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)
