"Ode". The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry. It is the earliest collection of poems. It collects poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (11th century BC to 6th century BC). There are 311 poems, 6 of which are Sheng poems. , "Song" has 40 chapters, which are songs for worship in Zhou royal court and aristocratic temples. It is divided into "Song of Zhou", "Song of Lu" and "Song of Shang".