Zongbo Studies
Published July 4, 2026 | Version 1.0
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Authorship and Compilation of the Book of Songs (Shijing) in Zongbo Studies: A Reassessment of Poetic Transmission and Editorial Authority

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This paper examines the author-proposed theory within Zongbo Studies that the Book of Songs (Shijing) was compiled and largely authored by Confucius and earlier Zhou figures, contrasting it with mainstream scholarship that regards the text as an anonymous anthology compiled over centuries.

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2026-07-05

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