Airs of the States
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Airs of the States is a section of the ancient Chinese poetry anthology "Book of Songs," comprising folk songs from various regional states of the Zhou dynasty.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese literary work
ⓘ
section of poetry anthology ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| componentOf | three main sections of the Book of Songs ⓘ |
| contentType |
folk songs
ⓘ
labor songs ⓘ love songs ⓘ regional songs ⓘ ritual songs ⓘ satirical songs ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Eulogies
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Greater Court Hymns NERFINISHED ⓘ Lesser Court Hymns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coversRegion |
border states of Zhou dynasty
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states of the Central Plains ⓘ various feudal states of Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| genre |
folk poetry
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm |
four-character lines
ⓘ
short stanzas ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | source on social life in early Zhou China ⓘ |
| includedIn | Thirteen Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Han yuefu tradition
ⓘ
later Chinese lyric poetry ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Confucian canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Book of Songs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Classic of Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| poeticDevice |
metaphor
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parallelism ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| structure | organized by state ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Confucian scholars ⓘ |
| theme |
complaints against rulers
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labor and agriculture ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ ritual and custom ⓘ war and conscription ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Spring and Autumn period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Zhou period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInChinese | Guofeng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | moral and political instruction in Confucianism ⓘ |
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