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Records of the Grand Historian

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Author: Ssu-Ma, Ch'ien
ISBN: 9780231081672

by Ssu-Ma, Ch'ien

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9780231081672
ISBN10:
0231081677
Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 1996-06-01
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
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This second volume of the history of the Han dynasty consists of chapters dealing principally with the reign of Emperor Wu, one of the most energetic and strong-willed of China's Rulers. Here the historian is chronicling events he has witnessed and writing of the men he personally knows or has known. In Nagano Hozan's (1783-1837) words, "He makes us see in our minds the character of the men of the time, and this is why he is a great historian.:

Introduction

Translator's Note

xvii

Part I: Heaven, Earth, and Man

Shi ji 28: The Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices

(50)

Shi ji 29: The Treatise on the Yellow River and Canals

(8)

Shi ji 30: The Treatise on the Balanced Standard

(28)

Part II: Statesmen, Generals, and Foreign Peoples

Shi ji 107: The Biographies of the Marquises of Weiqi and Wuan

(18)

Shi ji 108: The Biography of Han Changru

107

(10)

Shi ji 109: The Biography of General Li Guang

117

(12)

Shi ji 110: The Account of the Xiongnu

129

(34)

Shi ji 111: The Biographies of General Wei Qing and the Swift Cavalry General Huo Qubing

163

(22)

Shi ji 20: The Chronological Table of Marquises Enfeoffed from the Jianyuan Era on: Introduction

185

(2)

Shi ji 112: The Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu Yan

187

(20)

Shi ji 113: The Account of Southern Yue

207

(12)

Shi ji 114: The Account of Eastern Yue

219

(6)

Shi ji 115: The Account of Chaoxian

225

(6)

Shi ji 123: The Account of Dayuan

231

(22)

Shi ji 116: The Account of the Southwestern Barbarians

253

(6)

Shi ji 117: The Biography of Sima Xiangru

259

(48)

Shi ji 120: The Biographies of Ji An and Zheng Dangshi

307

(14)

Part III: The Plotters of Revolt

Shi ji 118: The Biographies of the Kings of Huainan and Hengshan

321

(34)

Part IV: The Collective Biographies

Shi ji 121: The Biographies of the Confucian Scholars

355

(18)

Shi ji 119: The Biographies of the Reasonable Officials

373

(6)

Shi ji 122: The Biographies of the Harsh Officials

379

(30)

Shi ji 124: The Biographies of the Wandering Knights

409

(10)

Shi ji 125: The Biographies of the Emperors' Male Favourites

419

(6)

Shi ji 127: The Biographies of the Diviners of Lucky Days

425

(8)

Shi ji 129: The Biographies of the Money-makers

433

(22)

Finding List of Chapters of the Shi ji

455

(2)

Index

457

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