Records of the Grand Historian,9780231081672

Records of the Grand Historian

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780231081672
ISBN10: 0231081677
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-06-01
Publisher(s): Columbia Univ Pr
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Summary

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.:

Table of Contents

Introduction xi
Translator's Note xvii
Part I: Heaven, Earth, and Man
Shi ji 28: The Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices
3(50)
Shi ji 29: The Treatise on the Yellow River and Canals
53(8)
Shi ji 30: The Treatise on the Balanced Standard
61(28)
Part II: Statesmen, Generals, and Foreign Peoples
Shi ji 107: The Biographies of the Marquises of Weiqi and Wuan
89(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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