Book of Songs - (Treasure Edition)

Author: Yu Guanying
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The Book of Songs, originally named "Poetry" or "Three Hundred Poems," has always been highly valued in the history of Chinese culture. Since the Han Dynasty, it has been revered as a Confucian classic and was renamed "The Classics," becoming one of the "Five Classics." During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the era of the imperial examination system, only by excelling in several eight-legged essay topics from the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" could one pass the exams to become a scholar or an imperial scholar and enter the officialdom. As a result, these books became essential reading for scholars. More importantly, all poetry critics' readings, appreciations, and studies of poetry, as well as the poetic creations of poets, all followed this book as a standard. Today, people value The Book of Songs because it is an important classic that has influenced the development of traditional Chinese culture. In the history of Chinese poetry, it serves as the origin of its development. The China Children's Publishing House publishing The Book of Songs is highly meaningful, allowing young people to encounter this important cultural classic during their middle school years.