Book of Songs

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The Book of Songs is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising ancient songs and hymns that became a foundational classic of Confucian thought and Chinese literature.

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Shijing 3
Book of Songs canonical 1
Shi Jing 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese classic text
Confucian classic
poetry anthology
canonicalStatus one of the Five Classics in some Confucian traditions
centralTheme agricultural life
ancestral worship
love and marriage
political virtue
ritual order
commentedOnBy Mao Chang
Mao Heng
contains court hymns
eulogies of rulers
folk songs
sacrificial hymns
countryOfOrigin China
culturalSignificance oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry
earliestPoemsDateToCenturyBCE 11th century BCE
genre lyric poetry
hasAlternativeName Book of Odes
Classic of Poetry
Shi Jing
linked to: Book of Songs

Shijing
linked to: Book of Songs
hasChineseName 詩經
linked to: Book of Songs

诗经
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hasImportantTradition Mao tradition of the Book of Songs
hasSection Airs of the States
Eulogies
Greater Court Hymns
Lesser Court Hymns
influenced Chinese literature
Chinese moral education
Chinese poetics
Confucian thought
language Classical Chinese
latestPoemsDateToCenturyBCE 6th century BCE
numberOfPoems 305
partOf Confucian canon
linked to: Confucian classics

Thirteen Classics
studiedBy Confucian scholars
timePeriod Spring and Autumn period
Western Zhou dynasty
linked to: Western Zhou period
traditionallyEditedBy Confucius
usedAs literary model
moral instruction text
ritual text
usedIn Confucian education

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Confucius influencedBy Book of Songs
Old Chinese coreText Shijing
linked to: Book of Songs
Ancient China literaryWork Shijing
linked to: Book of Songs
Book of Songs hasChineseName 詩經
linked to: Book of Songs
Book of Songs hasChineseName 诗经
linked to: Book of Songs
Book of Songs hasAlternativeName Shijing
linked to: Book of Songs
Book of Songs hasAlternativeName Shi Jing
linked to: Book of Songs