An early collection of Chinese poems containing 305 works dating from the Western Zhou to the mid-Spring and Autumn period; it is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry and one of the 五经 wǔ​jīng

name of various states and dynasties in Chinese history, notably a powerful state during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods

the ballad section of the 诗经 shī​jīng (Book of Songs); folk songs