Sima Qian (145?-90? BCE) was the first major Chinese historian. His "Shiji," or "Records of the Grand Historian," documents the history of China and its neighboring countries from the ancient past to his own time. These three volumes cover the Qin and Han dynasties.
The 16 chapters translated herein continue the biographies of individuals in pre-Han China presented in volume seven of "The Grand Scribe's Records". The reader is introduced to the major supporters and rivals of the founders of the Han Dynasty: the generals, advisors, strategists, and ministers who helped to shape the foundations of the first ...
This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shi chi (The Grand Scribe's Records), widely acknowledged as the most important early Chinese history, contains the "basic annals" of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206 BC to ca. 100 BC) in a year-by-year account that ...
With Part I of the two-part fifth volume of Ssu-ma Chien's "Shi chi" ("The Grand Scribe's Records"), we enter the world of the shih chia or "hereditary houses." These ten chapters trace the history of China's first states, from their establishment in the 11th century B.C. until their incorporation in the first empire under the Ch'in in 221 B.C. ...
This volume is part of the first complete translation (in nine volumes) of the "Shih chi" ("The Grand Scribe's Records"), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Compiled by Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-c. 86 B.C.), it draws upon most major early historical works and was the foremost model for style and genre in Chinese history and ...
This volume is part of the first complete translation (in nine volumes) of the "Shih chi" ("The Grand Scribe's Records"), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Compiled by Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-c. 86 B. C.), it draws upon most major early historical works and was the foremost model for style and genre in Chinese history and ...
This is an English translation of "Shiji", a history of the Chinese world from its beginnings up to the late 2nd century BC. Its author, the Grand Historiographer Siam Qian (145-86 BC), is not only a famous Chinese historian, but also a writer whose work had a powerful influence on Chinese and other Far Eastern literatures. This edition translates ...
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good + No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Third printing. Translated by Burton Watson. Decorative wraps, 356 p. Contents tight and clean-! read more
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Records of the Grand Historian
by
Sima Qian, Professor Qian Sima Qian, Professor Burton Watson (Translator)
