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