9780295992891 : exemplary-figures-fayan-xiong-yang-nylan

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368 Pages

$75.00 USD

Format	Hardback
Published	August 30, 2013
ISBN-13	9780295992891
Language	English
Pages	368
Illustrations	2 text in Chinese and English, 2 maps
Height	9.00 Inches (US)
Width	6.00 Inches (US)
Unit weight	1.4 Pounds (US)
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Exemplary Figures / Fayan

Name: Exemplary Figures / Fayan
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ISBN: 9780295992891

By Yang Xiong and Xiong Yang
Introduction by Michael Nylan, Translated by Michael Nylan

University of Washington Press

Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature

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.

About the Authors

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.

Endorsements

"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

Publisher	University of Washington Press
Series	Classics of Chinese Thought
BISAC Subject Headings	PHILOSOPHY / Eastern (1 Title)
BIC Subject Headings	Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies (515 Titles)

Format	Hardback
Published	August 30, 2013
ISBN-13	9780295992891
Language	English
Pages	368
Illustrations	2 text in Chinese and English, 2 maps
Height	9.00 Inches (US)
Width	6.00 Inches (US)
Unit weight	1.4 Pounds (US)
List Prices	$75.00 USD, £60.00 GBP
ONIX	v2.1 Reference