Introduction -- Poems and poems -- Re-collections -- In the image of the Classic -- Circulation in the troposphere -- Inventious discovery -- Conclusion -- Appendices: the Han and Mao School readings of "Heaven Made"--Early witnesses to Shao Yong's couplet -- The authenticity of…
"At once a revered canon associated with Confucius and the earliest anthology of poetry, the Book of Poems holds a unique place in Chinese literary history. Since early imperial times it served as an ideal of literary perfection, as it provided a basis for defining shi poetry, t…
"At once a revered canon associated with Confucius and the earliest anthology of poetry, the Book of Poems holds a unique place in Chinese literary history. Since early imperial times it served as an ideal of literary perfection, as it provided a basis for defining shi poetry, t…
