Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Translator’s Note on the Text 9
6. Shih chi 61: The Biography of Po Yi and Shu Ch’i 11
7. Shih chi 66: Τ he Biography of Wu Tzu-hsü 16
8. Shih chi 82: The Biography of T’ien Tan 30
9. Shih chi 85: The Biography of Lü Pu-wei 36
10. Shih chi 86: The Biographies of the Assassin-Retainers 45
11. Shih chi 7: The Basic Annals of Hsiang Yü 68
12. Shih chi 8: The Basic Annals of Emperor Kao-tsu 105
13. Shih chi 16 (excerpt): Reflections on the Rise of Emperor Kao-tsu 147
14. Shih chi 53: The Hereditary House of Prime Minister Hsiao 149
15. Shih chi 55: The Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu (Chang Liang) 158
16. Shih chi 92: The Biography of the Marquis of Huai-yin (Han Ηsin) 176
17. Shih chi 97: The Biographies of Li I-chi and Lu Chia 201
18. Shih chi 99: The Biographies of Liu Ching and Shu-sun T’ung 216
19. Shih chi 29: The Treatise on the Yellow River and Canals 230
20. Shih chi 107: The Biographies of the Marquises of Wei-ch’i and Wu-an 239
21. Shih chi 109: The Biography of General Li Kuang 260
22. Shih chi 123: The Account of Ta-yüan 274
23. Shih chi 122: The Biographies of the Harsh Officials 300
24. Shih chi 120: The Biographies of the Money-makers 333