Records of the Historian: Chapters from the Shih Chi of Ssu-Ma Ch’Ien

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Records of the Historian

Chapters from the Shih Chi of Ssu-Ma Ch’Ien

Translated by: Burton Watson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1969

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Presents a translation of a major portion of key chapters of the Records of the Historian to give a sense of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's work as a whole.

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History Regional and National History Asia-Pacific

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

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May 6, 2019

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9780231891165

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356

https://doi.org/10.7312/wats92928

eBook ISBN: 9780231891165

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