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  | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume II(2nd Edition) The Basic Annals of the Han Dynasty by Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Weiguo Cao, Scott W. Galer, David W. Pankenier, William H. Nienhauser Hardcover, 341 Pages, Published 2018 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-03909-5, ISBN: 0-253-03909-6 "This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s Shih 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 b.c. to ca. 100 b.c.) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In these later annals, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalized the style h ..." |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records The Memoirs of Han China, Part II (Volume IX) by Qian Sima, Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, J. Michael Farmer, Enno Giele, Christiane Haupt, Li He, Elisabeth Hsu, Marc Nürnberger, Ying Qin, William H. Nienhauser, William Nienhauser Jr. Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 2010 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-35590-4, ISBN: 0-253-35590-7 "This volume of The Grand Scribe's Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141 87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch ueh and Ts ang Kung, providing a transition between the founding of the Han dynasty and its heyday under Wu. The account of Liu P i is framed by the great rebellion he led in 154 B ..." |
 | | chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical by William H. Nienhauser, Andre Levy, Andrt Ltvy, Andrã Lã Vy, Andr' L'vy Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2007 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-21365-5, ISBN: 0-253-21365-7 "Eminent sinologist Lévy attempts an almost impossible task: to provide a general picture of ancient Chinese literature... Lévy's book is unique among the numerous published histories... because it is organized according to genres rather than according to the customary dynastic-political divisions." ―ChoiceAndré Lévy provides a "picture of Chinese literature of the past." He does so not in lengthy dissertations, but by blending the color ..." |
 | | The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, Vol. 2 by William H. Nienhauser, Scott W. Galer, Charles Hartman, Jr. William Nienhauser Hardcover, 576 Pages, Published 1998 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-33456-5, ISBN: 0-253-33456-X """A vertitable feast of concise, useful, reliable, and up-to-dateinformation (all prepared by top scholars in the field), Nienhauser's now two-volumetitle stands alone as THE standard reference work for the study of traditionalChinese literature. Nothing like it has ever been published."" --ChoiceThe second volume to The Indiana Companion to TraditionalChinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. VolumeI ..." |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume X Volume X: The Memoirs of Han China, Part III (Hardback) by William H. Nienhauser, Ssu-Ma Ch'ien Hardcover, 378 Pages, Published 2020 by Indiana University Press 2020-04-07, Bloomington ISBN-13: 978-0-253-05052-6, ISBN: 0-253-05052-9 "This ninth volume includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141-87 B.C.)." |
 | | Biographical Dictionary of Tang Dynasty Literati by Nienhauser Jr., William H., Naparstek, Michael E. Hardcover, 576 Pages, Published 2022 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-06026-6, ISBN: 0-253-06026-5 "Compiled by award-winner author William H. Nienhauser, Jr., and Michael E. Naparstek, this is the first English-language biographical dictionary on this critical era in Chinese literary culture." |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume XI The Memoirs of Han China, Part IV by Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Guilia Baccini, Maddalena Barenghi, Stephen Durrant, Kathrin Leese-Messing, Clara Luhn, Edward L. Shaughnessy, Jakob Pöllath, Hans Van Ess, William Nienhauser Jr., Jakob Poellath, William H. Nienhauser, Qian Sima Hardcover, 360 Pages, Published 2019 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-04610-9, ISBN: 0-253-04610-6 "The Grand Scribe’s Records, Volume XI presents the final nine memoirs of Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s history, continuing the series of collective biographies with seven more prosopographies on the ruthless officials, the wandering gallants, the artful favorites, those who discern auspicious days, turtle and stalk diviners, and those whose goods increase, punctuated by the final account of Emperor Wu’s wars against neighboring peoples and concluded ..." |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Vol. 2 The Basic Annals of Han China (Volume II) by Qian Sima, William H. Nienhauser, Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Cao Weiguo, Tsai Fa Cheng, David W. Pankenier, Chien Ssu-Ma, Scott W. Galer, Ssu-Ma Chi̕en Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2002 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34022-1, ISBN: 0-253-34022-5 "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 ..." |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume V.1 The Hereditary Houses of Pre-Han China, Part I by Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Weiguo Cao, Zhi Chen, Scott Cook, Hongyu Huang, Bruce Knickerbocker, Wang Jing, Zhang Zhenjun, Zhao Hua, Qian Sima Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2019 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-03956-9, ISBN: 0-253-03956-8 |
 | | The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, Vol. 1(1st Edition) (Japanese Edition) by William H. Nienhauser, Charles O. Hartman, Stephen H. West, Y. W. Ma Hardcover, 1,096 Pages, Published 1986 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-32983-7, ISBN: 0-253-32983-3 ""A vertitable feast of concise, useful, reliable, and up-to-dateinformation (all prepared by top scholars in the field), Nienhauser's now two-volumetitle stands alone as THE standard reference work for the study of traditionalChinese literature. Nothing like it has ever been published." --ChoiceThe second volume to The Indiana Companion to TraditionalChinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. VolumeII ..." |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VI The Hereditary Houses, III (Hardcover) by Ssu-Ma Ch'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-Ma Ch'ien 806 Pages, Published 2021 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-04326-9, ISBN: 0-253-04326-3 |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Vol. 1(2nd Edition) The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China (Volume I) by Qian Sima, William H. Nienhauser, Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Zhi Chen, Weiguo Cao, Scott Cook, Hongyu Huang, Bruce Knickerbocker, Wang Jing, Zhang Zhenjun, Zhao Hua, Tsai-Fa Cheng, William Nienhauser Jr., Robert Reynolds, Zongli Lu Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 1995 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34021-4, ISBN: 0-253-34021-7 ""... an essential source for the study of events in early China, a guide to the moral philosophy of the gentlemen of Han, and a splendid work of literature which may be read for the pleasure of its style and the power of its narrative.... This work makes ÃÂShi ji and its scholarship accessible to any reader of English, and it is a model for any work in this field and style." âBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, O ..." |
 | | 10 The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume X: Volume X: The Memoirs of Han China, Part III by Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Chiu Ming Chan, Thomas D. Noel, Andreas Siegl, Lianlian Wu, Marc Nürnberger, Jakob Pöllath, Hans Van Ess, William H. Nienhauser, Ssu-Ma Sima Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2016 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-01931-8, ISBN: 0-253-01931-1 "In The Grand Scribe s Records: Volume X, readers can follow Ssu-ma Qian s depiction of the later years of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han (r. 140 87 BC). The volume begins with four chapters describing the Han s attempts to subdue states north, east, south and west of the empire. The subsequent long biography of Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju (179 117) presents one of the era s major literary figures who came to oppose the Emperor s expensive mili ..." |
 | | Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical(1st Edition) by Andre Levy, William H. Nienhauser Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2000 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-33656-9, ISBN: 0-253-33656-2 "Andre Levy sets out in this slim volume to provide a picture of Chinese literature of the past. He does so not in lengthy dissertations on literature, but by blending the colors of approximately 120 vivid translations with his personal insights on these works, and then framing these readings in innovative historical accounts. The result is a brilliant illustration of the four basic literary groups of traditional China: the classics, poe ..." |
 | | P'i Jih-Hsiu(1st Edition) (World Authors) by William H. Nienhauser Hardcover, 161 Pages, Published 1979 by Twayne Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-6372-0, ISBN: 0-8057-6372-4 "Book by Nienhauser, William H." |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume V.1 The Hereditary Houses of Pre-Han China, Part I by Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Qian Sima, William H. Nienhauser, Tsai Fa Cheng, Weiguo Cao, Zhi Chen, Scott Cook, Hongyu Huang, Bruce Knickerbocker, Wang Jin, Zhang Zhenju, Zhao Hua Hardcover, 552 Pages, Published 2006 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34025-2, ISBN: 0-253-34025-X "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 ..." |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Vol. 8 The Memoirs of Han China (Volume VIII) by William H. . Nienhauser, Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Qian Sima, Reinhard Emmerich, Meghan Cai, Stephen Durrant, Hans Van Ess, Qian Liu, Christian Meyer, Marc Nürnberger, Michael Schimmelpfennig, Judith Suwald, Wang Jing, Zhao Hua, Tsai Fa Cheng Hardcover, 512 Pages, Published 2008 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34028-3, ISBN: 0-253-34028-4 "The 16 chapters translated herein continue the biographies of individuals in pre-Han China presented in volume seven of The Grand Scribe's Records. The reader is introduced to the major supporters and rivals of the founders of the Han Dynasty: the generals, advisors, strategists, and ministers who helped to shape the foundations of the first sustained empire in Chinese history. Although these men were often of common stock, they influen ..." |
 | | The Grand Scribe's Records, Vol. 7(2nd Edition) The Memoirs of Pre-Han China (Volume VII) by Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Qian Sima, William H. Nienhauser, Tsai-Fa Cheng, Ssu-Ma Sima, Lu Zongli, Robert Reynolds Hardcover, 440 Pages, Published 1995 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34027-6, ISBN: 0-253-34027-6 "This volume is part of the first complete translation (in nine volumes) of the Shih chi (The Grand Scribe s Records), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Compiled by Ssu-ma Ch ien (145-c. 86 B.C.), it draws upon most major early historical works and was the foremost model for style and genre in Chinese history and literature through the eleventh century A. D., and through the early twentieth century for some genre ..." |
 | | Critical essays on Chinese literature by William H. Nienhauser Hardcover, 206 Pages, Published 1976 by Distributed Outside Hong Kong By The University Press Of Hawaii ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-0488-6, ISBN: 0-8248-0488-0 |
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