| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 429 pages) : map |
| Summary |
The Chinese "Book of Odes" (Shijing) is a collection of 305 poems dating from between 1000 and 600 B.C., and, thus, is one of the earliest literary works in any living language. It offers vignettes of life in an almost unimaginably remote society; many of the poems have great charm, for instance, some are authored by women about their love problems. (For such early literature it is remarkable how many poems are by women.) Over the centuries the content of the Odes has become obscured by developments in the Chinese language, by prudishness and pomposity on the part of commentators, and becaus |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Introduction and commentary in English, text in Chinese with English translation |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Shi jing. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81033127
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Shi jing fast |
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Chinese poetry -- To 221 B.C. -- Translations into English
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Chinese literature -- History and criticism
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Poetry anthologies (various poets)
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Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
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Language: history & general works.
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Chinese literature
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Chinese poetry
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Literary criticism
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Translations
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Literary criticism.
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Critiques littéraires.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781527555228 |
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1527555224 |
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