Classic of Poetry
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The Classic of Poetry, also Shijing or Shih-ching, translated variously as the Book of Songs, Book of Odes, or simply known as the Odes or Poetry, is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry,
The first song in the Classic of Poetry, handwritten by the Qianlong Emperor, with accompanying painting
The traditional score of 'Fishhawk' included in the Wei Family Music Score (Gishi Gakufu) (1768, Japan)
Guan ju (poem number 1 from the Classic of Poetry) carved into a rock. The four-character verses are inscribed from top to bottom.
Part of the Kǒngzǐ Shīlùn (孔子詩論), an early discussion of the Classic of Poetry
Chinese classics
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The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC. Prominent examples include the Four Books and Fiv
Classic of Poetry
…Chinese phonology. Early references refer to the anthology as the 300 Poems (shi). The Odes first became known as a jīng, or a "classic book", in the canonical sense, as part of the Han dynasty's official adoption of Confucianism as the guiding principle of Chinese society. The same word shi later became a…
Zhu Xi selected the list of four books in the Song dynasty.