Selected Translations from the Book of Songs: Classical Poetry Masterpieces

Author: Zhou Zhenfu
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Experience the charm of the Chinese language, share beautiful artistic connotations, cultivate elegant temperament, and embrace a poetic life. The Book of Songs is a collection of Chinese poetry compiled from the early Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC) to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period (6th century BC), encompassing approximately 305 poems over five centuries (The Small Odes also includes six " poems" with titles but no lyrics, which are not counted). Initially known as Poetry, it was revered as a classic by Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty and hence named The Book of Songs. This book selects 179 of the most representative poems from The Book of Songs, including 104 from The National Odes, 62 from the Great and Small Odes, and 13 from The Hymns. Each poem is accompanied by detailed explanations, annotations, pronunciation marks for obscure characters, and parallel translations in colloquial Chinese, making it highly accessible and an excellent reader for The Book of Songs.