The Book of Songs is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works from the 11th to 6th centuries BC, divided into Feng (风 folk songs), Ya (雅 court songs), and Song (颂 hymns).
秩秩斯干,幽幽南山。如竹苞矣,如松茂矣。兄及弟矣,式相好矣,无相犹矣。 似续妣祖,筑室百堵,西南其户。爰居爰处,爰笑爰语...
谁谓尔无羊?三百维群。谁谓尔无牛?九十其犉。尔羊来思,其角濈濈。尔牛来思,其耳湿湿。 或降于阿,或饮于池,或寝或讹。尔牧...