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Classic of Poetry, an Uncommon card
The Classic of Poetry, also Shijing or Shih-ching, translated variously as the Book of Songs, Book of Odes, or simply known as the Odes or Poetry, is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Classic of Poetry quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Classic of Poetry card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Since the Qing dynasty, its rhyme patterns have also been analysed in the study of Old Chinese ______.
Answer
phonology. Since the Qing dynasty, its rhyme patterns have also been analysed in the study of Old Chinese phonology. From the Classic of Poetry article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Glen Powell. Glen Powell 3,500,000 · Robert Aldrich 100,000 · Alice Bailey 79,000 · Classic of Poetry 58,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is one of the "Five Classics" traditionally said to have been edited by Confucius, and has been studied and memorized by scholars in China and neighboring countries over two millennia.
- It is also a rich source of chengyu that are still a part of learned discourse and even everyday language in modern Chinese.
- Since the Qing dynasty, its rhyme patterns have also been analysed in the study of Old Chinese phonology.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Classic of Poetry article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Classic of Poetry (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Aethelwolf Emsworth ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
