Shijing, Book of Odes: Bilingual Edition, English and Chinese 詩經: Classic of Poetry, Book of Songs

This complete edition of The Book of Odes (Shijing) features both English and Chinese side-by-side for easy reference and bilingual support. The poems are linked and organized for easy reading.



The Book of Odes, also known as the Classic of 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 compiled by Confucius, and has been studied and memorized by scholars in China and neighboring countries over two millennia. Since the Qing dynasty, its rhyme patterns have also been analysed in the study of Old Chinese phonology.



《诗经》是中国最早的诗歌总集。《诗经》原本叫《诗》，共有诗歌305首（除此之外还有6篇有题目无内容,即有目无辭，称为笙诗六篇。没有内容的是南陔、白华、华黍、由康、崇伍和由仪）[1]，因此又称“诗三百”。[2]从汉朝起儒家将其奉为经典，因此称为《诗经》。（正式使用《诗经》，應該起於南宋初年-屈萬里）。[3]汉朝毛亨、毛苌曾注释《诗经》，因此又称《毛诗》。《诗经》中的诗的作者，绝大部分已经无法考证。其所涉及的地域，主要是黄河流域，西起山西和甘肃东部，北到河北省西南，东至山东，南及江汉流域。