Book The Book of Songs A literary English translation of the Shijing, the ancient Chinese collection of odes and songs. ← Confucianism AuthorArthur Waley TypeBook Written1937 Edition1996 PublisherGrove Press LanguageEnglish Tradition Confucianism Identifiers ISBN9780802134776 Where to find it Grove Atlantic (Grove Press) -- Book of Songs Google Books -- The Book of Songs (Grove Press, 1996) Open Library -- The book of songs (Grove Press, 1996) Internet Archive (borrow) -- The book of songs: the ancient Chinese classic of poetry WorldCat -- The book of songs (Waley)