The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry by Arthur Waley, Stephen Owen

The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry

Arthur Waley, Stephen Owen

400 pages first pub -600 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
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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: deed...

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