TY  - BOOK
AU  - Legge,James
TI  - The Shih King, or, Book of Poetry: From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3
AV  - BL 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Confucianism
KW  - Shi jing
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_of_Poetry; Release date is 2005-11-01; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Shih King, or, Book of Poetry" by James Legge is a translation of the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC. This ancient anthology, one of the "Five Classics" traditionally attributed to Confucius, contains folk songs voicing common people's experiences—love, longing, farming, and political protest—alongside ritual hymns praising Zhou dynasty founders. Its four-syllable meter and distinctive rhyme patterns have shaped Chinese literary tradition for over two millennia, making it essential to understanding Chinese culture and language. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9394
ER  -