◎Mao Chang：Master of The Book of Songs

Mao Chang (living around 158 BC),born in Raoyang in the Western Han Dynasty (now Nanshiqin Village,Raoyang County,Hengshui City),was a poet and doctor of King Xian of Hejian.According to the Annals of Raoyang County written in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty,“Mao Chang’s house is located at Shiqin Village,Raoyang County.There is a platform in the south of the village,which is called Platform of The Book of Songs.” It is said to be the platform for Mao Chang to lecture on the Classic.The Book of Songs was banned after Qin Shi Huang burned Confucian classics and buried Confucian scholars alive.In the Han Dynasty,The Book of Songs was handed down by the descendants of Zi Xia,a disciple of Confucius,to Mao Heng (who wrote 30 volumes of Mao Shi Gu Xun Zhuan,an annotation to The Book of Songs),and Mao Heng to Mao Chang.Mao Chang was invited by King Xian of Hejian to teach The Book of Songs and wrote 29 volumes of Mao Shi.The two books were combined into one later,named the Mao Shi.After the Wei and Jin Dynasties,the popular version of The Book of Songs has been the Mao Shi.(https://www.daowen.com)