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Song of the Yue Boatman

said to have been recorded around 528 BC; preserved in Liu Xiang's Garden of Stories, five centuries later · 6th century BCE · Also known as 越人歌, Yuèrén Gē

The Song of the Yue Boatman is a short song in an ancient language of southern China, from the Yangtze River valley, said to have been recorded around 528 BC. It survives in the Garden of Stories (Shuoyuan), compiled by Liu Xiang five centuries later, which preserves both a transcription of the original sounds in Chinese characters and a Chinese version.

Songs in history

Song of the Yue Boatmanc. 528 BCE

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