"Exemplary Figures" (sometimes translated as "Model Sayings") is an
unabridged, annotated translation of Fayan, one of three major
works by the Chinese court poet-philosopher Yang Xiong (53 BCE-18
CE). Yang sought to "renew the old" by patterning these works on
earlier classics, drawing inspiration from the Confucian Analects
for Exemplary Figures. In this philosophical masterwork,
constructed as a dialogue, Yang poses and then answers questions on
philosophical, political, ethical, and literary matters. Michael
Nylan's rendering of this text, which is laden with word play and
is extraordinarily difficult to translate, is a joy to read-at
turns wise, cautionary, and playful.
"Exemplary Figures" is a core text that will be relied upon by
scholars of Chinese history and philosophy and will be of interest
to comparativists as well.
Michael Nylan is professor of history at the University of
California, Berkeley. She is the author of "The Five "Confucian"
Classics" and "Yang Xiong and The Pleasures of Reading and
Classical Learning," coauthor of "Lives of Confucius," and
translator of "The Canon of Supreme Mystery by Yang Xiong. "
""Fayan" is one of the most important early Chinese texts.
Carefully wrought and rich with historical insights and
philosophical ruminations, it provides an invaluable window to the
extraordinary mind of its creator, Yang Xiong, and the cross
currents of his cultural moment. Nylan's masterful translation is a
great stylistic and philological achievement. She renders Yang
Xiong's prose with wit, fluency, and accuracy and provides the
necessary contexts for understanding the text in her copious and
helpful notes." -Wai-Yee Li, Harvard University
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