《诗经》情诗选译 Love Poems from Book of Songs

A Selection of 44 poems featuring love from the "Book of Songs", the first collection of poetry from ancient China, is presented in this book, annotated and translated into vernacular, and recommended to lovers of classical poetry. We turn to every page of these poems today and feel the magic of love travel through time and space, just as they have touched and nurtured countless generations of ancestors, even though they were written between 2,600 and 3,100 years ago. It is evident that long-standing ancestors believe in love in its most straightforward and sincere form, and there is a great deal of conviction, persistence, and bravery in how they think about it. Throughout the ages, their writings left us with many well-known masterpieces. That''s because they are the revelation of true feelings derived from the experience and feelings of life and are by no means a game of contrived words and emotions.