Asian Topics on Asia for Educators || The Book of Songs: "The Great Preface" and Five Notions about Poetry

THE BOOK OF SONGS:
"THE GREAT PREFACE"
AND FIVE NOTIONS ABOUT POETRY
Fifth Notion: The Poet's Immortality

Robert Oxnam :: Fifth, through his poetry, a poet is seen to live beyond his own time.

Paul Rouzer :: If he could inscribe his own particular personality in his poems, then what made him most important as a human being would consequently survive his death and could be read by later people.

** 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].