【翻译原文】
《诗经》(Book of Songs)是中国最早的诗歌总集，收录了从西周初期到春秋中期约500年间创作的305首诗歌。最初，《诗经》被称为《诗》或《诗三百》。孔子以《诗经》作为教科书教授弟子(disciple)。在汉代之后，它才被正式命名为《诗经》。《诗经》里的诗由四字诗构成，其语言简洁，韵律轻快，风格简单。《诗经》中的很多诗歌都真实反映了当时的生活和社会现状。很多诗歌与爱情和婚姻有关。《诗经》的意识形态和艺术成就对后世诗歌的发展有极大的影响。
【参考译文】
The Book of Songs is the earliest collection ofpoems in China. It contains 305 poems created overa period of some 500 years from the early WesternZhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring andAutumn period. At first, The Book of Songs wasknown as Poems or Three Hundred Poems. Confucius used it as a textbook for teaching hisdisciples.After the Han Dynasty, it became known officially as the Book of Songs. Poems in thebook are comprised of four-character verses, with concise language, refreshing rhymes andsimple style. Many poems in it truthfully reflect the life and society of that time. A large numberare about love and marriage. The ideological and artistic achievements of the Book of Songs hadgreat influence on the development of poetry of later generations.
