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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 ..."
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