小雅 (Xiǎoyǎ): Xiaoya — one of the three main…

Meanings

1 Xiaoya — one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs (《诗经》)
2 (also a common Chinese given name)

Characters

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Examples

《小雅》是《诗经》的一部分。

《Xiǎoyǎ》 shì 《Shījīng》 de yí bùfèn.

Xiaoya is one section of the Book of Songs.

小雅是我朋友的名字。

Xiǎoyǎ shì wǒ péngyǒu de míngzì.

Xiaoya is my friend's name.

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history

《诗经》 (the Book of Songs, ca. 11th–6th c. BCE) is divided into three sections: 风 (Fēng, folk airs), 雅 (Yǎ, court hymns — split into 大雅 and 小雅), and 颂 (Sòng, eulogies). 小雅 contains 74 poems on banquets, court life, and political complaint. It also doubles as a common given name meaning roughly 'little elegance'.