China's first collection of poems is The Book of Songs. There are 305 existing books in The Book of Songs, which are divided into three parts: Feng, Ya and Ode. The first anthology is Zhao Ming Anthology. Zhao Ming Ji, also known as Selected Works, is the earliest extant collection of poems and essays in China, compiled by Xiao Tong, the eldest son of Liang Wudi in the Southern Dynasties.
China's first collection of poems is The Book of Songs. There are 305 existing books in The Book of Songs, which are divided into three parts: Feng, Ya and Ode. The first anthology is Zhao Ming Anthology. Zhao Ming Ji, also known as Selected Works, is the earliest extant collection of poems and essays in China, compiled by Xiao Tong, the eldest son of Liang Wudi in the Southern Dynasties.