Book of Odes
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This is an exercise in poetry, the subject of which may be taken from the Book of Odes, or from some standard poet.
From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.
In Dr. Legge's translation of the "Book of Odes," p.
From Ancient China Simplified by Parker, Edward Harper
This was no time for Confucius to take office, and he devoted the leisure thus forced upon him to the compilation of the "Book of Odes" and the "Book of History."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John
Saying which he tuned his lyre, and sang probably some of those songs from his recently compiled Book of Odes which breathed the wisdom of the ancient emperors.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John
Then we have the Book of Odes, consisting of some three hundred ballads, also rescued by Confucius from oblivion, on which as a basis the great superstructure of modern Chinese poetry has been raised.
From China and the Chinese by Giles, Herbert Allen
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