The Book of Songs has been taken from the Chinese culture. This book was previously known as Poetry and it consists of ancient Chinese poems. This book includes 305 poems and the book is also known as 300 poems. This is the book that contains texts from the Liu Song Dynasty of China. The book has been estimated to have been written between 11th and 7th century BC.This book is considered to be the work of Confucius and also it is considered as one of the "Five Classics" of China. Confucianism was the guiding principle for the people of China and that was the time of the poems being written.