 Although in Chinese the word "shi" can mean "poetry" more or less generically, in a more technical sense "shi" refers to a certain more specific tradition within the broader category of poetry, which references the poems collected in the "Shijing" and further developments along certain lines.There are various types of "shi" poetry, such as "old style" "gushi" and "new style" "jintishi".This is the style of those poems which compose this collection, the "Shijing", or "Shi Jing", known variously in English such as "The Book of Songs", the "Classic of Poetry", the "Book of Odes", or just "The Odes".