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Classic of Poetry

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 (詩; Shī), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC. It is one of the "Five Classics" traditionally said to have been edited by…

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Old Chinese
Publication place
China
Subject
Ancient Chinese poetry and song

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related to Confucius · 29
Classic of Poetry → Analects, BCE, Chinese, Classic, Confucianism, Confucius, Confucius' Discussion, Five Classics, Four Books, Grand Historian, Han, He, If, In, Kong Li, Not, Odes, Poetry, Qin, Shijing
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Classic of Poetry → According, Airs, Autumn, BCE, Central Plains, Chen, Chinese, Eastern Han, Eulogies, Hymns, Odes, Poetry, Shang, Shijing, Song, Spring, States, The, The Classic, Tree-Stump Grove
related to Modern scholarship · 17
Classic of Poetry → Although, China, Classic, King Wu's, Major Court Hymns, Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Min Nan, Modern, Modern Cantonese, Odes, Old Chinese, Poetry, Shang, The Iliad, Wang, Weniad
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Classic of Poetry → According, As, Book, China, Classic, Confucius, Grand Historian, Han, Master Confucius Deletes Songs, Odes, Out, Poetry, Records, Royal Officials' Collecting Songs, Shijing, Various
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Classic of Poetry → Before, Chinese, Classic, Confucianism, Early, Han, In English, Poems, Poetry, Shi, Songs, The, The Odes, Three Hundred Songs
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Classic of Poetry → Old Chinese
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Classic of Poetry → China
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Classic of Poetry → Ancient Chinese poetry and song

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Classic of PoetryPublication placeChina1.00infobox
Classic of PoetrySubjectAncient Chinese poetry and song1.00infobox
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