How Long to Read Garden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑

How Long Does it Take to Read Garden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑?

It takes the average reader 22 hours and 49 minutes to read Garden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑 by Liu Xiang

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 17 BCE the Han dynasty archivist Liu Xiang presented to the throne a collection of some seven hundred items of varying length, mostly quasi-historical anecdotes and narratives, that he deemed essential reading for wise leadership. Garden of Eloquence (Shuoyuan), divided into twenty books grouped by theme, follows a tradition of narrative writing on historical and philosophical themes that began seven centuries earlier. Long popular in China as a source of allusions and quotations, it preserves late Western Han views concerning history, politics, and ethics. Many of its anecdotes are attributed to Confucius’s speeches and teachings that do not appear in earlier texts, demonstrating that long after Confucius’s death in 479 BCE it was still possible for new “historical” narratives to be created. Garden of Eloquence is valuable as a repository of items that originally appeared in other early collections that are no longer extant, and it provides detail on topics as various as astronomy and astrology, yin-yang theory, and quasi-geographical and mystical categories. Eric Henry’s unabridged translation with facing Chinese text and extensive annotation will make this important primary source available for the first time to Anglophone world historians.

How long is Garden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑?

Garden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑 by Liu Xiang is 1,353 pages long, and a total of 342,309 words.

This makes it 457% the length of the average book. It also has 418% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Garden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 31 hours and 10 minutes to read Garden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑 aloud.

What Reading Level is Garden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑?

Garden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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