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Classic of Poetry
Collection of ancient Chinese poetry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Classic of Poetry, also Shijing or Shih-ching, translated variously as the Book of Songs, Book of Odes, or simply known as the Odes or Poetry (詩; Shī), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC. It is one of the "Five Classics" traditionally said to have been compiled by Confucius, and has been studied and memorized by scholars in China and neighboring countries over two millennia. It is also a rich source of chengyu (four-character classical idioms) that are still a part of learned discourse and even everyday language in modern Chinese. Since the Qing dynasty, its rhyme patterns have also been analysed in the study of Old Chinese phonology.
![]() The first song in the Classic of Poetry, handwritten by the Qianlong Emperor, with accompanying painting | |
Language | Old Chinese |
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Subject | Ancient Chinese poetry and song |
Publication place | China |
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Traditional Chinese | 詩經 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 诗经 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese | Kinh Thi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hán-Nôm | 經詩 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 시경 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 詩經 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hiragana | しきょう | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyūjitai | 詩經 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shinjitai | 詩経 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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