Zheng Xuan studied the Book of Songs using the Book of Rites annotations.

Author: Liang Xifeng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book elucidates the close relationship between the Book of Songs and rituals, and Zheng Xuan's understanding of the relationship between the Book of Songs and rituals. It analyzes the external form and internal conventions of Zheng Xuan's annotation of the Book of Songs with rituals, explores the perspectives and methods Zheng Xuan used to interpret ritual annotations in the Book of Songs, the Preface, and the Mao Commentary, and examines which rituals Zheng Xuan annotated in the Book of Songs and the methods he employed.