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With Part I of the two-part fifth volume of Ssu-ma Ch’ien’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. Combining myth, anecdote, chronicle, and biography based on early written and oral sources, many no longer extant, the narratives make for compelling reading, as dramatic and readable as any in this grand history.
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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 2nd century B.C.
With Part I of the two-part fifth volume of Ssu-ma Ch’ien’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. Combining myth, anecdote, chronicle, and biography based on early written and oral sources, many no longer extant, the narratives make for compelling reading, as dramatic and readable as any in this grand history.
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 2nd century B.C.
William H. Nienhauser, Jr., is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (two volumes, IUP, 1985, 1998) and (as translator) Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical by André Levy (IUP, 2000).
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