The Shijing (Classic of Poetry, or Book of Odes) is the oldest surviving collection of Chinese poetry, some three hundred and five folk songs, court hymns and sacrificial odes dating from roughly the eleventh to seventh centuries BCE, traditionally said to have been edited by Confucius and canonised as one of the Five Classics (Wujing) of the Confucian tradition alongside the I Ching and the Classic of Rites.
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Era of CompositionComprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC. 1 Attributed Author / CompilerTraditionally said to have been edited by Confucius (traditional) 2 Structure
StructureSome three hundred and five folk songs, court hymns and sacrificial odes traditionally grouped into four sections, the Guofeng folk airs, the Xiaoya and Daya court odes, and the Song sacrificial hymns. 2 Status
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1. Classic of Poetry (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Classic of Poetry, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia: Classic of Poetry, lead section
is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC.
2. Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1
Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom (eds), Columbia University Press, 1999- on the Shijing among the Five Classics
- Originates in Language: Classical Chinese, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: classical-chinese
View the Source Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy
P. J. Ivanhoe and Bryan W. Van Norden (eds), Hackett, 2005general reference on the Confucian classical canonView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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