Shuo Yuan
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Shuo Yuan was compiled by Liu Xiang of West Han Dynasty. Liu Xiang collated and arranged sundries of Shuo Yuan collected by the royal of the West Han Dynasty, and added more than 100 thousand words including 20 discourses and 748 chapters with the name of Shuo Yuan. Original book contains 20 volumes and the existing was reduced to 5 volumes with the majority being lost. They were later collected by Zeng Gong of Song Dynasty and restored to 20 volumes. Shuo Yuan covers lost news and old stories from ancient time to Han Dynasty by classification, together with argumentations to publicize political thoughts and ethics morality of Confucianism.
Shuo Yuan is an important reference literature mainly about proverbs and epigrams with profound philosophy. It features the satire-implying and story-oriented narration. |
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- Liu Xiang
- Liu Xiang (around 77BC-6 BC) was born in Peixian County (Now part of Jiangsu).
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