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.

Shijing, the first anthology of Chinese poetry. It was compiled by the ancient sage Confucius (551–479 bc) and cited by him as a model of literary expression, for, despite its numerous themes, the subject matter was always “expressive of pleasure without being licentious, and of grief without being hurtfully excessive” (Lunyu).

Jul 24, 2010 · Shijing 詩經 "Book of Songs" (or "Book of Poetry" or "Book of Odes"), also known as Maoshi 毛詩 "Mao's (version of the) Book of Songs" is one of the Confucian Classics. It is a collection of three different types of songs originating in the Shang 商 (17th-11th cent.

Apr 3, 2025 · Shi Jing (traditional Chinese: 詩經; simplified Chinese: 诗经; pinyin: Shī Jīng; Wade-Giles: Shih Ching), translated variously as the Classic of Poetry, the Book of Songs or the Book of Odes, is the earliest existing collection of Chinese poems. It comprises 305 poems, some possibly written as early as 1000 BC.

Chinese literature begins with ShiJing (Book of Odes), an anthology of songs, poems, and hymns. It consists of 311 poems (6 without text) dating from the Zhou Dynasty (1027-771 BC) to the Spring & Autumn Period (770-476 BC).

Jan 12, 2023 · These testimonials mark the Shijing as the single most quotable and most widely known text in Chinese antiquity and as the cultural hallmark of the educated elite.

Shijing is one of the Five Classics of Confucianism, which is partly a result of the official adoption of Confucianism as the guiding principles of Chinese society in the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 24 AD). The poems mostly originated from areas along the yellow river, but most of the authors can not be identified.

Shijing is a collection of about three hundred poems. 311 poems to be exact, including six poems transmitted only by their titles. This text is often referred to by the roundabout number of poems included in it: Shi san bai, or "the three hundred poems."

Shi (Book of Songs), or Shi Jing (Chinese:诗经), China's first collection of poems made its debut in the 7th century BC. It included epics, satirical poems, ballads, love songs, battle songs, odes, seasonal rhymes, and work chants.

The Chinese aesthetic concept “jing 境” is one of the most important subjects for the studies of traditional Chinese poetry and literary criticism in both China and the West.