
The
Shuo Yuan (說苑), variously translated as
Garden of Stories,
Garden of Persuasions,
Garden of Talks,
Garden of Eloquence, etc., is a collection of stories and anecdotes from the pre-Qin period (先秦) to the Western Han dynasty. The stories were compiled and annotated by the imperial librarian
Liu Xiang (d. 6 ). In many cases, multiple versions of the same story are included, making the book a valuable source for the study of early texts.
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