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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.”
The Book of Songs The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry
by Waley, Arthur; Owen, StephenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-09-13
Publisher(s): Grove Press
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Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Map of the Zhou Feudal Kingdom | |
| Important Legendary and Historical Figures | |
| Foreword | |
| South of Zhou, 1-11 | p. 5 |
| South of Shao, 12-25 | p. 13 |
| Airs of Bei, 26-44 | p. 23 |
| Airs of Yong, 45-54 | p. 38 |
| Airs of Wei, 55-64 | p. 46 |
| Airs of the Royal Domain, 65-74 | p. 56 |
| Airs of Zheng, 75-95 | p. 64 |
| Airs of Qi, 96-106 | p. 77 |
| Airs of Wey, 107-13 | p. 84 |
| Airs of Tang, 114-25 | p. 90 |
| Airs of Qin, 126-35 | p. 99 |
| Airs of Chen, 136-45 | p. 107 |
| Airs of Gui, 146-49 | p. 113 |
| Airs of Cao, 150-53 | p. 116 |
| Airs of Bin, 154-60 | p. 119 |
| The Minor Odes, Poems 161-234 | p. 129 |
| The Major Odes, Poems 235-65 | p. 223 |
| The Zhou Hymns, 266-96 | p. 291 |
| The Lu Hymns, 297-300 | p. 308 |
| The Shang Hymns, 301-05 | p. 318 |
| Waley's Notes on Books Used | p. 324 |
| Waley's Additional Notes | p. 326 |
| Waley's Original Topical Categories and Order of Poems | p. 333 |
| Postface: A Literary History of the Shi jing | p. 336 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 384 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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