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The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry

The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry

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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… [more below]

  • Author: Waley, Arthur
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Page Count: 400
  • Publish Date: September 13 1996
  • ISBN10: 0802134777
  • Language: English
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By: Waley, Arthur

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.”

Author: Arthur Waley
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 09/13/1996
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780802134776
Language: English

Author

Waley, Arthur
Binding

ISBN10

0802134777
ISBN13

9780802134776
Page Count

400
Published Date

September 13 1996
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