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Records of the Grand Historian [Hardcover]

Sima Qian (Author), Burton Watson (Translator)
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0231081642 978-0231081641 June 15, 1993 Revised
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.


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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese

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  • Hardcover: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press; Revised edition (June 15, 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0231081642
  • ISBN-13: 978-0231081641
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Informative, June 12, 2007
This book is a useful accompaniment to A Thousand Pieces of Gold (Adeline Yen Mah). I purchased this book because of the constant referral to it by Yen Mah. If you enjoy historic novels of gigantic proportions then I would recommend this book.
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Chen Sheng, whose polite name was Chen She, was a native of Yangcheng; Wu Guang, or Wu Shu, was from Yangxia. Read the first page
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day yisi, palace counsellor, split tallies, grand messenger, first enfeoffed, imperial credentials, grand commandant, heir apparent succeeded, relay carriage, grand tutor, various feudal lords, mutilating punishments, suburban sacrifice, posthumous title, palace attendants, imperial secretary, northern garrison, barbarian cavalry, other feudal lords, text erroneously, emperor accordingly, empress dowager, distinguished followers, ancestral temples, made marquis
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Xiang Yu, Han Xin, Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, Chen Ping, Zhang Liang, Qing Bu, Zhou Bo, Chen She, Peng Yue, Zhang Er, Yuan Ang, Empress Lü, Xiao He, Xiang Liang, Emperor Hui, Emperor Gaozu, Chao Cuo, Chen Xi, Zhou Yafu, Yellow River, Cao Can, Zhang Han, King Huai, Fan Kuai
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