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Product Identifiers

PublisherAmber Books LTD

ISBN-101782749446

ISBN-139781782749448

eBay Product ID (ePID)17050381774

Product Key Features

Number of Pages96 Pages

Publication NameBook of Songs (Shi-Jing) : a New Translation of Selected Poems from the Ancient Chinese Anthology

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

SubjectAnthologies (Multiple Authors), Confucianism, Linguistics / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorConfucius

Subject AreaReligion, Poetry, Language Arts & Disciplines

SeriesChinese Bound Classics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight26.6 Oz

Item Length10.4 in

Item Width7.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsSometimes a publisher and author together create a beautiful book, a keepsake as well as a joy to read, and Amber Books (London, UK 2021) has done just that in publishing a selection from the ancient Chinese Book of Songs ("Shi-Jing") . Highly recommended. ...The care of the binding, the rich smooth interior paper, makes it feel like someone has brought precious music and knowledge from far away, and left it at your doorstep.

Dewey Decimal895.11108

Table Of ContentIntroduction AIRS OF THE STATES The Cry of the Fish-hawk The Cloth-Vine Grows Rabbit Nets The Katydid The Cypress Wood Boat The Gourd has Bitter Leaves How Swift the Quail How Free the Hare The Blue Collar How Agile Climbing the Hill Swiftly Stoops the Falcon On the Shore of the Marsh The Eastern Hills LESSER COURT ODES Four White Horses Trumpet Flowers Wild Geese Siskins The Fourth Month Mulberries GREATER COURT ODES Thick Grow the Oaks Spirit Tower The Prestige of King Wen Drawing Water Through the Twisting Valleys The Omens of Shao HYMNS Valiant and Refined We offer sacrifices Bounteous Year How Sharp the Ploughshares Silk Robes Mighty A note on the translation

SynopsisClaimed by some to have been compiled by Confucius in the 5th century BCE, the Book of Songs is an ancient anthology of Chinese poetry. Produced using traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques, this newly-translated edition is a selected anthology of 25 classic poems presented in an exquisite dual-language edition., Claimed by some to have been compiled by Confucius in the 5th century BCE, the Book of Songs is an ancient anthology of Chinese poetry. Collecting poems over a number of centuries, the anthology - sometimes known as the Classic of Poetry (or Shi-jing) - is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BCE. Some poems are shorter lyrics in simple language that are folk songs which record the voice of the common people, addressing love and courtship, political satire and protest. Other poems are about court life and dynasties. Nearly all of the songs are rhyming. In the same way that Homer's epics took hold within the West, the Book of Songs played a role in spheres far beyond literature, with a lasting influence on education, politics and communal life. Produced using traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques, this edition of the Book of Songs is a selected anthology of 25 classic poems presented in an exquisite dual-language edition.

LC Classification NumberPL2478