Ancient books compiled by Liu Xiang

The ancient books compiled by Liu Xiang include New Preface, Shuoyuan, Biography of Lienv, Bielu and Warring States Policy.

The New Preface is a historical story with satirical and admonitory political purposes. It is a book compiled by collecting the historical facts of Shun, Yu and even the Han Dynasty. The original book has 30 volumes, and now it is 10. Revised by Ceng Gong in the Northern Song Dynasty, it recorded what Song Yu said to the king of Chu, and listed popular songs in Chu, such as Xialiba people, Yang 'a, Qiulu, etc., saying that "there are thousands of people in Qian Qian who belong to the country and make peace."

Shuoyuan, also known as Xinyuan, has 20 volumes and records anecdotes from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty. The first column of each category always says: Add comments later. Among them, it mainly describes the words and deeds of philosophers, and many chapters have philosophical aphorisms about governing the country and safeguarding the people and the rise and fall of the country.

Biography of Women is a book about women's behavior in ancient China. The author is Liu Xiang, a Confucian scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, but some people think that this book was not written by Liu Xiang. So some authors of modern popular versions will be anonymous. Some people think that the modern edition was obtained by adding several articles to the edition made by Liu Xiang.

Bielu is the first comprehensive classified catalogue book with titles and problems in China, with a total of 20 volumes. When Han became emperor, Liu Xiang was ordered to take part in sorting out the books in the palace. After finishing, he wrote a concise summary and compiled it into "Don't Record".

The Warring States Policy is an important historical work compiled by people in the late Warring States and Qin and Han Dynasties, and also an important collection of essays. Initially, there were names such as national policy, state affairs, length, story, long book and revised book, which were edited by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty before being named "Warring States Policy".