Fayan (book)
The Fayan, also known in English as the Model Sayings or Exemplary Figures, is a Classical Chinese text by the Han dynasty writer and poet Yang Xiong that was completed c. AD 9. It comprises a collection of dialogues and aphorisms in which Yang gives responses to a wide variety of questions relating to philosophy, politics, literature, ethics, and scholarship.
| Author | Yang Xiong |
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| Original title | 法言 |
| Country | China |
| Language | Classical Chinese |
| Genre | Philosophy |
Publication date | c. AD 9 |
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| Literal meaning | Model sayings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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