ancient chinese learning

1  乐府 王之涣 出塞 黄河远上白云间， 一片孤城万仞山。 羌笛何须怨杨柳， 春风不度玉门关。 Folk-song-styled-verse Wang Zhihuan BEYOND THE BORDER Where a yellow river climbs to the white clouds, Near the one city-wall among ten-thousand-foot mountains, A Tartar under the willows is lamenting on his flute That spring never blows...

The Book of Songs 《诗经》 國風 (LESSONS FROM THE STATES) 國者、諸候所封之域、而風者、民俗歌謠之詩 也。謂之風者、以其被上之化以有言、而其言 又足以感人、如物因風之動以有聲、而其聲又 足以動物也。是以諸候采之以貢於天子、天子 受之而列於樂官、於以考其俗尚之美惡、而知 其政治之得失焉。舊說二南為正風、所以用之 閨門鄉黨邦國而化天下也。十三國為變風、則 亦領在樂官、以時存肄、備觀省而垂監戎耳?B� ��之凡十五國云。 周南 (THE ODES OF ZHOU AND THE SOUTH) 1. 關睢 GUAN...