SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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What Chinese dynasty created a book of songs?
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Han
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Zhou
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Qin
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A Chinese classic. Fascinating, even though some of the poetry is lost in translation. “The Book of Songs” is the oldest of the Chinese classics, a collection of 305 songs that date back over two thousand years to the Zhou kingdom.
Detailed explanation-2: -Believed to be compiled by Confucius, Shih ching or “Book of Odes” is a collection of 305 poems, dating from 1000 to 600 BC. These are believed to be the oldest existing examples of Chinese poetry. The collection includes refined folk songs, ritualistic poems, dynastic legends and hymns for ancestral temples.
Detailed explanation-3: -Classical Chinese poetry originated during the Han dynasty from 206 BC to 220 AD.
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