Records of the Grand Historian
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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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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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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780231081696
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 February 1996
Country: United States
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Burton Watson
- Translated by Burton Watson
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 224.0mm
Height: 152.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 224
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.
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