Tag Archives: odes

1000 BCE：Book of Poetry #12: The Magpie’s Nest

Posted on 06/26/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

How times have changed! When I started studying Chinese, in the last days of the Mao Dynasty (Mao’s son Mao Anying was killed during the Korean War supposedly when, against advice, he left shelter to go out and cook egg … Continue reading →

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The Book of Poetry’s Wandering Goddess of Wuhan: Mortal or Goddess or Both?

Posted on 06/21/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

In reading ancient Chinese texts, be they medical texts like the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon of Medicine Huangdi Neijing 皇帝内经 or ancient philosophical or literary texts like the Book of Odes aka Book of Poetry aka Book of Songs Shijing … Continue reading →

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Machine vs. Legge&Waley: Shijing 1-6 Peach-Tree

Posted on 06/14/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

From Chapter one of The Odes aka 《詩經 – Book of Poetry》. A machine translation of the articles on this ode Peach-tree 桃夭 from the Chinese literary website 5000yan.com. The Chinese Text Project page for this ode is also helpful. … Continue reading →

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