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.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Book of Songs canonical 13
Shijing 13
Shi Jing 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
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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Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
洛河 → 相关古代文献 → 《诗经》 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
Book of Odes → hasPinyinName → Shijing ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
Book of Odes → hasAlternativeName → Book of Songs ⓘ
The Riverbank Field → partOf → The Book of Songs ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
The Riverbank Field → partOf → Shijing ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
Chu Ci → contrastedWith → Shi Jing ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
King Wen of Zhou → mentionedIn → Shijing ⓘ
subject linked to: Wen
linked to: Book of Songs
Classic of Poetry → hasPinyinName → Shijing ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
Classic of Poetry → hasAlternativeName → Book of Songs ⓘ
Thirteen Classics → hasPart → Shi Jing ⓘ
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Thirteen Classics → hasPart → Book of Songs ⓘ
Airs of the States → partOf → Book of Songs ⓘ
Lesser Court Hymns → partOf → Book of Songs ⓘ
Lesser Court Hymns → partOf → Shijing ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
Mao Heng → workOn → Book of Songs ⓘ
Mao Heng → workOn → Shijing ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
Mao Heng → primaryTextCommented → Book of Songs ⓘ
Mao Heng → primaryTextCommented → Shijing ⓘ
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Mao Chang → workSubject → Book of Songs ⓘ
Mao Chang → workSubject → Shijing ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
Mao Chang → commentaryOn → Book of Songs ⓘ
Mao Chang → commentaryOn → Shijing ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs
Zheng Xuan → wroteCommentaryOn → Book of Songs ⓘ
Greater Court Hymns → partOf → Book of Songs ⓘ
Greater Court Hymns → partOf → Shijing ⓘ
linked to: Book of Songs