Chinese Poetry Workshop: The Book of Songs 诗经
- Date
- Wednesday 1 February 2023, 18:00 - 19:00
- Location
- University of Leeds, Parkinson Building, SR 2.25
- Open to
- All
- Registration
- Sign up here
The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry and the earliest collection of poems. It has a history of more than 2500 years, with a total of 311 poems.
Confucius once summarized the aim of the Book of Songs as “innocence”, and taught his disciples to read the Book of Songs as a standard for making statements and acting.
We will experience the society of that time through some of the poems in The Book of Songs.