Shuo Yuan, written by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty. Xiang Zeng leads the school secretary. This book classifies and edits some historical stories and legends from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Western Han Dynasty according to royal books and folk books, and includes the author's comments, so as to give full play to the political thoughts and moral concepts of Confucianism, and it has certain philosophical nature. ?
Shuo Yuan is recorded as 20 articles in Liu Xiang's Xu Lu, and there are only 5 articles left in the Song school, most of which have been lost. After Ceng Gong's search, it was restored to twenty articles. Each volume has its own title. The titles of the 20 volumes are Jun Dao, Chen Shu, Jian Ben, Li Jie, Gui De, Fu En, Zheng Li, Zun Xian, Jian Zheng, Jing Shen, Shan Shuo, Shi Feng, Machiavelli and Zhi Zhi Zhi. Under each heading, the author has collected some anecdotes related to the pre-Qin period and the early Han dynasty. Generally, the first rule or the first number is the outline of a volume, and the main idea of this volume is stated by quoting the previous remarks. Here are a lot of historical examples to prove it.
Due to the extensive materials in the book, a large number of historical materials have been collected, which provides a lot of convenience for people to explore history. Some historical events recorded in the book can be mutually confirmed with the existing classics; Some annotations are different from Historical Records, Zuo Zhuan, Mandarin, Warring States Policy, Xunzi, Hanfeizi, Guanzi, Yanzi Chunqiu, Shilu Chunqiu and Huainanzi, which are sufficient references for people who want to get to the bottom of it. Some ancient books have been lost, but one or two are preserved in Shuo Yuan, which is especially precious. For example, Shi Kuang said in "A Gentleman's Way": "A gentleman's way is pure and inaction, and its service lies in fraternity, tending to benevolence, broadening eyes and ears, observing all parties, not indulging in selfish desires, not being tied to the left and right, being far-sighted, being independent, saving performance appraisal repeatedly, and being a courtier. This person is also a gentleman. " There are six novelists in Shi Kuang's Han Shu Yi Wen Zhi, which has long been lost. Shi Kuang's argument is suspected to come from six Shi Kuang. You can find many such examples. ?
The annotation quality of Shuoyuan is better than Shuoyuan Shuzheng written by Zhao, so you can refer to it.