Chinese Poetry-The book of the songs.

The Book of Songs, also known as the Book of Legends, is an anthology of 305 ancient Chinese Poems.

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• False

According to tradition, Confucius chose the poems to be included in the Book of Songs.

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• False

T´ao Ch´ien was born into a family of prominent but impoverished government officials.

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• False

Li Po is considered one of the supreme master of Chinese Poetry.

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• False

Tu Fu shows a command of language and mastery of the shih form. As a result, his poems are admired as much their form as for their content.

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• False

The Book of Songs also contains a group of poems writing by courtiers in praise of queens, describing banquets and court ceremonies.

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• False

It´s doubtful that Confucius actually selected the poems to The Book of Songs, but he did know well and recommended their:

• Lecture

• Improvement

• Study

T´ao Ch´ien wrote many poems about the simple beauty of landscapes surrounding:

• Farms and villages

• Farms and mountains

• Farms and friends

Li Po is known for his free-spirited, graceful ad lyrical style, his poetry frequently conveys a:

• Love of freedom and sense of harmony with forest

• Love of freedom and sense of harmony with nature

• Love of freedom and sense of harmony with animal

The poems in The Book of Songs come from many different region of:

• All the above

• Pekin

• China