"American Oriental Series, Volume 17. Edited By W. Norman Brown, John K. Shryock, And E. A. Speiser...."
The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VI The Hereditary Houses, III (Hardcover) by Ssu-MaCh'ien Hardcover, 522 Pages, Published 2022 by Indiana University Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-253-06418-9, ISBN: 0-253-06418-X
The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII(2nd ed.) The Memoirs of Pre-Han China (Hardback) by Ssu-MaCh'ien 806 Pages, Published 2021 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-04326-9, ISBN: 0-253-04326-3
"This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shi chi(The Grand Scribe's Records), widely acknowledged as the most important early Chinese history, contains the "basic annals" of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206 BC to ca. 100 BC) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In The Grand Scribe's Records, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalised the styl ..."
Records of Civilization Sources and Studies: Records of the Grand Historian of China by Ch'ienSsu-Ma ISBN-13: 978-0-608-18680-1, ISBN: 0-608-18680-5
"In the eleventh year of the First Emperor's reign (236 BC), Wang Jian led an
attack on the Zhao region of Eyu and conquered it, ... By this time the First
Emperor of Qin had wiped out Hann, Wei, Zhao, the Three Jin, had put the king of
... Li Xin, a Qin general noted for his youth and daring, had in the past led a force
of several thousand men in pursuit of Dan, ... Li Xin also attacked the cities of Yan
and Ying and Jing is an old ..."
"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 his ..."