詩經

aka Shijing

Classic of Poetry

AuthorsUnknown&Duke of Zhou

LanguageArchaic Chinese

Yearpoems dating from c. 11th to c. 7th century BC

CountryZhou dynasty China

GenrePoetry Collection

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The Classic of Poetry, also Shijing or Shih-ching, translated variously as the Book of Songs, Book of Odes, or simply known as the Odes or Poetry, is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC. It is one of the "Five Classics" traditionally said to have been edited by Confucius, and has been studied and memorized by scholars in China and neighboring countries over two millennia. It is also a rich source of chengyu that are still a part of learned discourse and even everyday language in modern Chinese. Since the Qing dynasty, its rhyme patterns have also been analysed in the study of Old Chinese phonology.— Wikipedia