Old private school---The Book of Songs (Part 2)

Author: Wang Hui
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Publishing Date: 1999-03-01
Features: The Book of Songs consists of 305 poems, often referred to as "Three Hundred and Fifty Poems." Classified by content, it can be divided into three categories: "Feng," "Ya," and "Song." "Feng" refers to folk songs and ballads, totaling 160 poems, collectively known as the "Fifteen States." "Ya" denotes court music, mostly composed by officials in the capital region, numbering 105 poems, divided into the "Great Ya" and "Small Ya." "Song" represents palace hymns, dedicated to rituals and other grand ceremonies held by the king and nobles, comprising 40 poems, categorized into the "Zhou Song," "Lu Song," and "Shang Song," collectively termed the "Three Songs." This book is divided into two volumes, and this is the second volume, where each poem in the Book of Songs is interpreted.