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 | | Classic of Poetry), growing to a body of some 300 ritual hymns and ballads, marks the beginning of the vernacular or folk tradition in Chinese poetry, characterized by simplicity of language and emotion. |
 | | Orally composed in four word verses, and passed down orally from generation to generation, many the ancient poems, especially the "Airs" (Feng), sing of the daily life of peasants,, their sorrows and joys, their occupations and festivitiesunlike the custom of glorifying gods and heroes dominant in many other cultures. |
 | | century BCE, were used in dynastic rituals to address the deified spirits of the founders of the Zhou Dynasty, Kings Wen and Wu. |
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