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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, 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

"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, Volume I(2nd Edition)
The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China
by Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Weiguo Cao, Zhi Chen, Scott Cook, Hongyu Huang, Bruce Knickerbocker, Wang Jing, Zhang Zhenjun, Zhao Hua, William Nienhauser Jr.
Hardcover, 478 Pages, Published 2018 by Indiana University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-03855-5, ISBN: 0-253-03855-3

""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 Shi ji and its scholarship accessible to any reader of English, and it is a model for any work in this field and style." ―Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies"Through s ..."






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. 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 Shi ji and its scholarship accessible to any reader of English, and it is a model for any work in this field and style." —Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, O ..."






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 ..."

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