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THE BOOK OF SONGS
AND THE HAN DYNASTY CODIFICATION
Codification and Interpretation by Han Dynasty Scholars |
The Han dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE) replaced the short-lived Qin dynasty (221-207 BCE) that had unified China. The Han empire drew upon this centralized political foundation. |
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Paul Rouzer :: Eventually when Confucianism became increasingly important in Chinese culture and among the Chinese educated classes, particularly in the Han dynasty from about the second century BC through the second century AD, it became very important for Confucian philosophers of this period to take all of these early texts and find major moral Confucian reasons for why these texts should be so important.
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** The Book of Songs is also known as the Book of Poetry, the Classic of Poetry, and sometimes the Book of Odes. These are all possible translations of the Chinese title, Shi jing [Shih-ching in Wade-Giles romanization]. |
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