Grand Scribe's Records, Volume I: The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China - Hardcover
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Grand Scribe's Records, Volume I: The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China
"An essential source for the study of events in early China, a guide to the moral philosophy of the gentlemen of Han, and a splendid work of literature which may be read for the pleasure of its style and the power of its narrative. ... This work makes Shi ji and its scholarship accessible to any reader of English, and it is a model for any work in this field and style." --Bulletin of the School...
Ssu-ma Ch'ien was a major official in the Western Han dynasty (145-ca. 86 BC) and overcame tragedy to complete these fundamental volumes.
William H. Nienhauser, Jr., is Professor of Chinese Language and literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1979 he helped found the journal Chinese Literature, Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR). He was the Editor-in-Chief and Compiler of The...
Edition
2nd Edition
Contributor(s)
Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Weiguo Cao (Translator), Zhi Chen (Translator)
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