Shi-Jing, or Book of Songs: China's Earliest Verse Anthology

by Friedrich Rückert and Martin Bidney

The Shi-Jing, or Book of Songs, is a rendering of China's oldest verse anthology of poets, from the 11th to the 7th century BCE. It's time we moderns got to know it well-for the sheer pleasure of experiencing the colorful multitude of 325 intimate voices. There's a direct, earnest warmth about the lyrical expressions of all the people we overhear, and it is a privilege to enter into their confidence. They are so alive they startle me, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09DMTZJ1W
• ISBN13: 9798464292277
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"