Sentence:  To grasp the Chinese's<!--sic--> notion of <WSD>Heaven</WSD>, we must look at the contexts in which "tian" is used... In the "Book of Odes" ("Shi jing" 詩經), which includes poems dated between the eleventh and seventh centuries <small>BCE</small>, "tian" is a place where the Heavenly Thearch resides. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The abode of God or the gods, when considered as a specific location; the abode of the blessed departed who reside in the presence of God or the gods