Shijing: A Timeless Classic

Author: Chen Guoqing
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in Chinese history, comprising 305 pieces. With vivid artistic forms and exquisite literary imagery, it depicts the lifelike scenes of ancient life. It paints pictures within its verses, blending scenery and emotion, adorned with the humanistic charm of ancient society through its yearning and pursuit of life ideals and its love for real life. Especially its romantic and realistic themes have built the spiritual homes of countless scholars and literati through the long years and arduous life journeys, nurtured the pursuit of knowledge of countless students in the vast sea of books. It has been widely celebrated across China for over a thousand years without fading and remains beloved by generations for centuries.