Liu Xiang was born in Yuanfeng, Emperor Zhao of Han Dynasty (77 years before) and died in Jianping, Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty (6 years before). Liu Xiang lived in the Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty. Imperial clan minister and writer of the Western Han Dynasty, great-grandson of Liu Bang (half-brother of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty), son of Hou of Yangcheng, father of scholar Liu Xin, and originator of China Bibliography.
Liu Xiang was an official in the Western Han Dynasty for decades. Although his official position was small, he experienced three emperors: Xuan Di, Yuan Di and Cheng Di. At that time, Liu Xiang and Liu Xin's father and son strongly advocated the study of philosophers, which was of positive significance for weakening the rule of official academic thought and emancipating the mind.
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A hundred schools of thought contend is regarded as the orthodox origin of China culture. At that time, Liu Xiang sorted out the scattered fragments of hundred schools of thought that was on the verge of extinction. Although these schools no longer exist, Liu Xiang made great contributions to sorting out the ancient books of hundred schools of thought in the pre-Qin period.