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This selection of poems from the Chinese Book of Odes appeared in the Wisdom of the East series.
The Book of Odes, or Shih Ching, is one of the Five Classics from ancient China.
A complete translation by Legge is also available at this site.

Title Page

Table of Contents

Editorial Note

Introduction

The Deserted Wife

King's Messenger

Flight

The Tower of Wan

Drifting

The Slanderers

Love and the Magistrate

City of Chow

Prayer of Ching, I

Prayer of Ching, II

Maytime

Lady of the Lagoon

Through Eastern Gates

The Straggler

The Happy Man

The Pear Tree

Princely Visitors

The Nightlong Tryst

A Wife's Memories

The Princes

Blue Collar

A Friend Forgotten

The Ephemerae

Happy in Haou

Three Gifts

Brave Thoughts

On the Banks of Ho

Sorrow

Bulwarks of Empire

The Bride Cometh

Before the Ford

Good King Wu

Faint Heart

Without Her

The Forest Lover

The Householders Lament

Unavailing

Grey Dawns and Red

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