Book of Songs
E256600
The Book of Songs is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising ancient songs and hymns that became a foundational classic of Confucian thought and Chinese literature.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shijing | 3 |
| Book of Songs canonical | 1 |
| Shi Jing | 1 |
| 詩經 | 1 |
| 诗经 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2312167 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Book of Songs Context triple: [Confucius, influencedBy, Book of Songs]
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Buch der Lieder
Buch der Lieder is a seminal 1827 poetry collection by Heinrich Heine that became one of the most influential works of German Romantic literature and a major source for art song settings by composers such as Schumann and Schubert.
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Man'yōshū
Man'yōshū is Japan’s oldest and one of its most important anthologies of classical poetry, compiled in the 8th century and celebrated for its linguistic richness and diverse voices.
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Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem, among the earliest surviving works of literature, that recounts the heroic adventures and existential quests of King Gilgamesh of Uruk.
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Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda is a medieval Icelandic collection of anonymous Old Norse poems that preserves many of the central myths, heroic legends, and cosmological beliefs of Norse mythology.
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E.
Psalter
The Psalter is the traditional name for the biblical Book of Psalms, a collection of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Book of Songs Target entity description: The Book of Songs is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising ancient songs and hymns that became a foundational classic of Confucian thought and Chinese literature.
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A.
Buch der Lieder
Buch der Lieder is a seminal 1827 poetry collection by Heinrich Heine that became one of the most influential works of German Romantic literature and a major source for art song settings by composers such as Schumann and Schubert.
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B.
Man'yōshū
Man'yōshū is Japan’s oldest and one of its most important anthologies of classical poetry, compiled in the 8th century and celebrated for its linguistic richness and diverse voices.
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C.
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem, among the earliest surviving works of literature, that recounts the heroic adventures and existential quests of King Gilgamesh of Uruk.
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D.
Văn Điển
Văn Điển is a township in Hanoi, Vietnam, known as an urban and commercial hub within the Thanh Trì District.
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E.
Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda is a medieval Icelandic collection of anonymous Old Norse poems that preserves many of the central myths, heroic legends, and cosmological beliefs of Norse mythology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese classic text
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Confucian classic ⓘ poetry anthology ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | one of the Five Classics in some Confucian traditions ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
agricultural life
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ancestral worship ⓘ love and marriage ⓘ political virtue ⓘ ritual order ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy |
Mao Chang
ⓘ
Mao Heng ⓘ |
| contains |
court hymns
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eulogies of rulers ⓘ folk songs ⓘ sacrificial hymns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry ⓘ |
| earliestPoemsDateToCenturyBCE | 11th century BCE ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Book of Odes
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Classic of Poetry ⓘ Book of Songs ⓘ
surface form:
Shi Jing
Book of Songs ⓘ
surface form:
Shijing
|
| hasChineseName |
Book of Songs
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
詩經
Book of Songs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
诗经
|
| hasImportantTradition | Mao tradition of the Book of Songs ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Airs of the States
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Eulogies ⓘ Greater Court Hymns ⓘ Lesser Court Hymns ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese literature
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Chinese moral education ⓘ Chinese poetics ⓘ Confucian thought ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| latestPoemsDateToCenturyBCE | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 305 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Confucian classics
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surface form:
Confucian canon
Thirteen Classics ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Confucian scholars ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Spring and Autumn period
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Western Zhou period ⓘ
surface form:
Western Zhou dynasty
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| traditionallyEditedBy | Confucius ⓘ |
| usedAs |
literary model
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moral instruction text ⓘ ritual text ⓘ |
| usedIn | Confucian education ⓘ |
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Subject: Book of Songs Description of subject: The Book of Songs is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising ancient songs and hymns that became a foundational classic of Confucian thought and Chinese literature.
Referenced by (7)
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