Critics and Commentators : : The Book of Poems as Classic and Literature / / Bruce Rusk.

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, the most esteemed genre...

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Superior document:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 81
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2012.
Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2012.
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 81.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 Shizhun and Shiyi
  • Tang to Ming collections with titles alluding to the Poetry Classic.