The Classic of Music

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Creator

ANON. [attrib. Confucius (571–459 B.C.E.)]

Title

The Classic of Music

Coverage

Hong Kong

Publisher

Bethany House

Date

1888

Subject

Burned at the order of Chin-Shi-Huang-Ti.

Description

The Five Classis were basic Confucian texts. They were in use from before 1000 BCE along with a sixth book, now lost, the Classic of Music. This work was lost at the time of the first emperor, Qin-Shi-Huang-Ti, who ordered books to be burned and scholars buried alive. Although some books were preserved, bricked up in the walls of private houses until the Han Dynasty, the Classic of Music was lost in the bonfires.

Source

樂經 Yüeh-Ching