中国古代经典诗文是中国传统文化的奇葩。这些作品既是联接所有中国人思想、情感的文化纽带，也是中国文化走向世界的重要桥梁。“聆听中国”有声书系列希望借助美好的声音来传播这些优秀的中国文化。
《诗经》是中国第一部诗歌总集，成书的时间大约在公元前6世纪左右，与古希腊的《荷马史诗》年代大体相当。《诗经》里的作品以抒情诗为主流，兼有叙事诗、讽刺诗、歌谣等形式，内容丰富，生动地描述了周代社会生活的方方面面，具有很高的艺术成就，对后世文学创作产生了深远的影响，是中国文学史，也是世界文学史上的一部不朽的著作。
“聆听中国——精选诗经”精选了许渊冲先生翻译的50余篇经典诗篇，由专业人士用中、英文朗读，以期让更多不同语言文化背景的读者品味中国古代诗歌之美。
The Book of Poetry, China's first ancient poem collection, was compiled in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, around the 6th century BC, and roughly contemporary with the epics Iliad and Odyssey by Homer of ancient Greece. The Book of Poetry is composed mainly of lyrics, coupled with narrative poems, satirical poems and ballads. It gives a vivid description of various aspects of social life during the Zhou Dynasty. With high artistic attainments, it has been an imperishable literary masterpiece both in China and the world, and a dazzling pearl in the long river of human history, producing a far-reaching impact on literary creation of later ages.