The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume II: The Basic Annals of the Han Dynasty
Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press, 2002
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- Title
- The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume II: The Basic Annals of the Han Dynasty
- Author
- Ch'ien, Ssu-ma
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0253039096
- ISBN 13
- 9780253039095
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shih 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 b.c. to ca. 100 b.c.) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In these later annals, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalized the style he had employed in accounts of previous rulers in the opening chapters of The Grand Scribe's Records. When this translation is completed, it will make available in English all 130 chapters of the Shih chi. Volumes 1 and 7 were published by Indiana University Press in 1994.
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About the Author
Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-ca. 86 B.C.), China's greatest historian and an important official in the Han dynasty, compiled the history of his culture from its beginnings through the end of the second century B.C.
William H. Nienhauser, Jr., editor and co-translator, is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1979 he helped found the journal Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) and has edited it since. He has published a number of articles and books on traditional Chinese literature, including The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (two volumes, Indiana University Press, 1985; 1998)
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