Book of Songs Annotations and Analysis

Author: Cheng Junying Jiang Jianyuan
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The Classic of Poetry (Shijing) as the first comprehensive collection of poems in the history of Chinese literature is eternal, but since it was elevated to the status of Confucian classics, the meaning of the poems has been distorted by scholars, with each poem being encircled by the halo of "innocence" and marked with the label of "gentle and kind." To summarize the entire Classic of Poetry solely with gentleness and kindness is not factual. Please refer to An Analysis of the Classic of Poetry. As a classic, the Classic of Poetry has been studied for over two thousand years. However, its essence as a work of literary art has long been neglected and set aside. The study of Confucian classics has come to an end, and the Classic of Poetry should be freed from the shackles of being a classic, restoring its true literary identity.