The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry

by Arthur Waley

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Waley, Arthur	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
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Shi jing

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Shijing

Shih ching

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0600 BCE circa

1937 (English: Waley)

1950 (English: Waley revised)

1996 (English: Waley and Allen)

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Introduction: Early Chinese songs do not as a rule introduce a comparison with an 'as if' or 'like,' but state it on the same footing as the facts that they narrate.

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One of the five Confucian classics, The Book of Songs (Shijing) is the oldest collection of poetry in world literature and the finest treasure of traditional songs left from antiquity. Where the other Confucian classics treat outward things: deeds, moral precepts, the way the world works,” as Stephen Owen tells us in his foreword, The Book of Songs is the classic of the human heart and the human mind.”

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