Robert Oxnam :: Second, the Confucian scholars felt that the poet, by expressing his deepest feelings in a poem, was also commenting on the time in which he lived.
Paul Rouzer :: We can understand a historical event better, the Chinese felt, by reading the poems that were produced in reaction to that particular historical event.
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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]. |