Background on

The Book of Songs

Web-Based Research:
Background Information on The Book of Songs

     This research assignment asks that you find specific information from sites on the World Wide Web, copy and paste the information into a document in your word processor, do some editing, then print the results. DO NOT print an entire site or an entire page from a site. Instead, select what you need, copy, paste, and edit in your word processor. Then print.
     Divide your document into the 5 categories listed here; #2 will of course have four subcategories. Label each category with the instructions below.

1. Locate at least four web sites you deem useful in learning more about the Chinese Book of Songs and list the URLs (web addresses).
2. Characterize The Book of Songs by
    A. subject matter
    B. social classes that produced the poems
    C. purposes of the poems
    D. the impact of The Book of Songs on Chinese literature or beliefs
3. What are some possible meanings of the word Feng?
4. What does carpe diem mean?
5. Print at least 4 lines from a poem in The Book of Songs that express carpe diem.

Bring your printed document to class on January 30, and be prepared to explain your information to the class.