Book of Songs

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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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Shijing 3
Book of Songs canonical 1
Shi Jing 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese classic text
Confucian classic
poetry anthology
canonicalStatus one of the Five Classics in some Confucian traditions
centralTheme agricultural life
ancestral worship
love and marriage
political virtue
ritual order
commentedOnBy Mao Chang
Mao Heng
contains court hymns
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
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
Eulogies
Greater Court Hymns
Lesser Court Hymns
influenced Chinese literature
Chinese moral education
Chinese poetics
Confucian thought
language Classical Chinese
latestPoemsDateToCenturyBCE 6th century BCE
numberOfPoems 305
partOf Confucian classics
surface form: Confucian canon

Thirteen Classics
studiedBy Confucian scholars
timePeriod Spring and Autumn period
Western Zhou period
surface form: Western Zhou dynasty
traditionallyEditedBy Confucius
usedAs literary model
moral instruction text
ritual text
usedIn Confucian education

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Confucius influencedBy Book of Songs
Old Chinese coreText Book of Songs
this entity surface form: Shijing
Ancient China literaryWork Book of Songs
this entity surface form: Shijing
Book of Songs hasChineseName Book of Songs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 詩經
Book of Songs hasChineseName Book of Songs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 诗经
Book of Songs hasAlternativeName Book of Songs
this entity surface form: Shijing
Book of Songs hasAlternativeName Book of Songs
this entity surface form: Shi Jing