Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty / Edition 3

by Qian Sima, Burton Watson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231081696
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	02/15/1996
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	696,609
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 6.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Translator's Note on Text
Shi ji 5: The Basic Annals of Qin
Shi ji 6: The Basic Annals of The First Emperor of the Qin
Shi ji 15: Reflections on the Rise of the Qin
Shi ji 68: The Biography of Lord Shang
SHi ji 71: The Biographies of Shuli Zi and Gan Mou
Shi ji 72: The Biography of the Marquis of Rang
Shi ji 73: The Biographies of Bai Qi and Wang Jian
Shi ji 79: The Biographies of Fan Ju and Cai Ze
Shi ji 85: The Biography of Lu Buwei
Shi ji 86: The Biographies of the Assassin-retainers (Excerpt)
Shi ji 87: The Biography of Li Si
Shi ji 88: The Biography of Meng Tian
Shi ji 126: The Biographies of Wits and Humorists (Excerpt)
Appendix 1: Shi ji 48: The Hereditary House of Chen She
Appendix 2: Sima Qian's Letter to Ren An
Index

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