Personal Library - Book of Songs

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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: The Book of Songs was originally referred to as Poetry or Three Hundred Poems and was revered as a "classic" during the Han Dynasty, after which it was named The Book of Songs. Compiled during the Spring and Autumn period, it contains 305 poems. These works were created roughly from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn period, spanning approximately 600 years. The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: Feng, Ya, and Song. Feng refers to folk songs, including the fifteen Guofeng (national songs), such as Zhou Nan, Zhao Nan, Bei Feng, Yong Feng, Wei Feng, Wang Feng, Zheng Feng, Qi Feng, Wei Feng, Tang Feng, Qin Feng, Chen Feng, Huai Feng, Cao Feng, and Bin Feng. When selecting and compiling this book, the principle was to prioritize works with strong lyrical and artistic qualities and representative content. Based on faithfulness to the original poems and attention to their origins, the translations and annotations are presented in accurate, vivid, and elegant language. The goal is to allow more readers to break through the barriers of archaic and obscure literary language, freely wander through the river of classical poetry, and experience the joy of beauty.