IAH 204 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Qin Dynasty, Qin (State), Sima Qian
14 Sep 2016
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Tensions b/w the political center (the zhou) court & regional lords: Constant warfare & widespread desires for peace and order: this violent era of competition b/w the domains was one of the most intellectually creative in china"s history. Def: a written sign of a single syllable that represents the idea of an object rather than the sound of the speech as exemplified in the phonetic language. It is an anthology of 305 ancient poems: The collection has been in circulation since the 6th century bc. It was used as a cultural encyclopedia across the social divide b/w the high & low e. g. text, manual, courtship. Style: straightforward in immediate imagery & musical nature. The scholarly versions is the translation by bernhard kalgreen. Lovely is the good girl whom a gentleman desires. Controversy on the interpretation of the osprey : confucian scholars interpret the bird as a symbol for the royal king in political allegories.
